Intervention study shows suboptimal growth among children receiving a food supplement for five months in a slum in Bangladesh

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2016, Pages e464-e473

  Choudhury, Nuzhat ^a   Bromage, Sabri ^b   Alam, Md Ashraful ^a   Shamsir Ahmed, A M ^c   Munirul Islam, M ^a   Iqbal Hossain, M ^a   Mahfuz, Mustafa ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; children; growth; malnutrition; ready to use supplementary food

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BANGLADESHI; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL-BASED DIET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; POVERTY;

BANGLADESH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; THINNESS;

EID: 85015020351     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13528     Document Type: Article

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