Effect of fortified complementary food supplementation on child growth in rural Bangladesh: A cluster-randomized trial

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1862-1876

  Christian, Parul ^a   Shaikh, Saijuddin ^a,b   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^b   Mehra, Sucheta ^a   Wu, Lee ^a   Mitra, Maithilee ^a   Ali, Hasmot ^a,b   Merrill, Rebecca D ^a   Choudhury, Nuzhat ^c   Parveen, Monira ^d   Fuli, Rachel D ^d   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^c   Islam, Md Munirul ^c   Klemm, Rolf ^a   Schulze, Kerry ^a   Labrique, Alain ^a   De Pee, Saskia ^e   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^c   West, Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JiVitA Project   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d World Food Programme   (Bangladesh)

^e World Food Programme   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Complementary food; Growth; Micronutrients; Stunting; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEALTH IMPACT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHICKPEA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH FOR AGE Z SCORE; LENTIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; RURAL AREA; SOY FOOD; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT FOR LENGTH Z SCORE; WHEAT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CICER; COUNSELING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; ORYZA; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SUGAR INTAKE;

BANGLADESH;

CICER ARIETINUM; LENS CULINARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

SOYBEAN OIL; SUGAR INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CICER; COUNSELING; DIETARY SUCROSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; LENS PLANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; ORYZA; RURAL POPULATION; SOYBEAN OIL;

EID: 84962753452     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv155     Document Type: Article

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