Micronutrient powder supplements combined with nutrition education marginally improve growth amongst children aged 6–23 months in rural Burkina Faso: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2019, Pages

  Lanou, Hermann B ^a,d   Osendarp, Saskia J M ^c   Argaw, Alemayehu ^c,d,e   De Polnay, Kirrily ^b   Ouédraogo, Catherine ^c   Kouanda, Seni ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^b,d  

^a Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

feeding practises; growth; micronutrients powder; morbidity; nutrition counselling

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COUNSELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COUNSELING; DIARRHEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MORBIDITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85067451847     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12820     Document Type: Article

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