Child growth (0-5 years), and the effect of entitlement to a milk supplement

Twelve hundred and fifty-one pregnant women were contacted and their infants followed to age 5 years. Nine hundred and fifty-one (76%) children completed the trial. Measurements were made of birthweight, length, head circumference, and triceps skinfold at 10 days, and of weight, height, head circumf...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 1981-11, Vol.56 (11), p.831-835
Main Authors: Elwood, P C, Haley, T J, Hughes, S J, Sweetnam, P M, Gray, O P, Davies, D P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Cattle
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Clinical Trials as Topic
Food Supply
Growth
Humans
Infant
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Infant, Newborn
Milk
Milk - metabolism
Random Allocation
Wales
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Summary:Twelve hundred and fifty-one pregnant women were contacted and their infants followed to age 5 years. Nine hundred and fifty-one (76%) children completed the trial. Measurements were made of birthweight, length, head circumference, and triceps skinfold at 10 days, and of weight, height, head circumference, and triceps at 5 years. Throughout the entire period of the study half the families, selected at random, were supplied with milk tokens entitling the mother, while pregnant, and all children under age 5 years, to 1 pint of milk a day at half its current price. The tokens led to a small increase in milk purchases by the families and to a small increase in milk drunk by the children. However no effect was detected in any growth measurement either in the total group, or in a more "vulnerable" group of children from the largest families.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.56.11.831