Effect of oral nutritional supplementation on growth and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections in picky eating children at nutritional risk: a randomized, controlled trial

Autor: Apurba K. Ghosh, Bala Kishore, Irfan Shaikh, Vinita Satyavrat, Anil Kumar, Tapan Shah, Prahlad Pote, Sandeep Shinde, Yatin Berde, Yen Ling Low, Verena M.H. Tan, Dieu T. T. Huynh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 46 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0300-0605
1473-2300
03000605
42100534
DOI: 10.1177/0300060518757355
Popis: Objectives To evaluate the effect of oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) plus dietary counselling (DC) (intervention) versus DC alone (control) on growth and upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in nutritionally at-risk, picky eating children in India. Methods We performed a 90-day, prospective, randomized, controlled trial. A total of 255 children aged 24–72 months with a weight-for-age z-score ≥−2 and
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