The effect of a micronutrient-fortified complementary food on micronutrient status, growth and development of 6- to 12-month-old disadvantaged urban South African infants

The study was conducted to look at the effectiveness of a multimicronutrient-fortified complementary food on the micronutrient status, linear growth and psychomotor development of 6- to 12-month-old infants from a black urban disadvantaged community in the Western Cape, South Africa. The study was d...

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Published in:International journal of food sciences and nutrition 2003, Vol.54 (5), p.399-407
Main Authors: Oelofse, A., Van Raaij, J.M.A., Benade, A.J.S., Dhansay, M.A., Tolboom, J.J.M, Hautvast, J.G.A.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
age
Babies
body-composition
Child Development
controlled-trial
Female
Food
Food science
Food, Fortified
ghanaian infants
Humans
impact
Infant
Infant Food
Iron - blood
mental-development
Micronutrients
Milk, Human
mortality
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
nutritional supplementation
preschool-children
Psychomotor Performance
South Africa
Statistics, Nonparametric
Urban areas
Urban Population
Vitamin A - blood
zinc supplementation
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Summary:The study was conducted to look at the effectiveness of a multimicronutrient-fortified complementary food on the micronutrient status, linear growth and psychomotor development of 6- to 12-month-old infants from a black urban disadvantaged community in the Western Cape, South Africa. The study was designed as an intervention study. In both the experimental and control groups, serum retinol concentration showed a decline over the intervention period of 6 months. The decline was less pronounced in the experimental group. This resulted in a significantly (P
ISSN:0963-7486
1465-3478
DOI:10.1080/0963748031000092161