Impact of iron supplementation and deworming on growth performance in preschool Beninese children

To assess the effects of iron and deworming on linear growth performance of preschoolers. Three-month randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. The children were allocated to four treatments: iron (60 mg elemental iron/day) + albendazole (200 mg/day for 3 consecutive days, repeated 1 mo...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2001-04, Vol.55 (4), p.223-228
Main Authors: DOSSA, R. A. M, ATEGBO, E. A. D, DE KONING, F. L. H. A, VAN RAAIJ, J. M. A, HAUTVAST, J. G. A. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Afdeling Humane voeding
Albendazole
Albendazole - therapeutic use
Anemia - drug therapy
Anemia - physiopathology
Anthelmintics - therapeutic use
Anthropometry
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Antiparasitic agents
Appetite
Benin
Biological and medical sciences
Body Height
Body Weight
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Clinical nutrition
Clinical trials
Dietary Supplements
Double-Blind Method
Eating
Feces - parasitology
Female
Food and nutrition
Food intake
Growth
Growth - physiology
Helminthiasis - drug therapy
Helminthiasis - physiopathology
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobins - analysis
Households
Human Nutrition
Human Nutrition & Health
Human Nutrition (HNE)
Humane Voeding
Humane Voeding & Gezondheid
Humans
Iron
Iron - administration & dosage
Iron in the body
Male
Medical sciences
Nutrition
Parameters
Parasite Egg Count
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Physiological aspects
Placebos
Preschool children
Public health
Recurrence
Recurrent infection
Rural areas
Rural Health
Tropical medicine
VLAG
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Summary:To assess the effects of iron and deworming on linear growth performance of preschoolers. Three-month randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. The children were allocated to four treatments: iron (60 mg elemental iron/day) + albendazole (200 mg/day for 3 consecutive days, repeated 1 month later), iron + albendazole-placebo, albendazole + iron-placebo or placebos. The supplementation was supervised. A group of 177 children aged 3-5 y was selected from low-income households in a rural area in southern Bénin. A complete data set was analysed for 140 subjects. Many children were stunted (58% had height-for-age Z-score
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601126