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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The Effects of Yogurt Supplementation and Nutritional Education on Malnourished Infants: A Pilot RCT in Dhaka’s Slums
Nutrients, Volume 15, No. 13, Article 2986, Year 2023
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Our objective was to quantify the effects of yogurt supplementation and nutrition education over three months on the linear growth of infants at risk of stunting. We conducted a three-arm pilot randomized controlled trial: (1) nutrition education for mothers; (2) nutrition education plus a daily yogurt supplement (50 g) for the index child; and (3) usual care (control). Dyads of children aged 4–6 months and at risk of stunting [length-for-age z-score (LAZ) ≤ −1 SD and >−2 SD] and their mothers with ≤10 years of education were eligible for the study. Participants were recruited from five slum areas in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Intention-to-treat (N = 162) and complete-case analyses (N = 127) showed no between-group statistically significant differences in LAZ or weight-for-age (WAZ). However, the yogurt group showed greater change in linear growth compared to the control (LAZ: mean difference 0.20, 95% CI: −0.06, 0.47, p-value 0.13), which was also slightly greater than the education-only group. Children in the yogurt plus group were five times (95% CI: 0.80, 31.80, p-value 0.09) more likely to meet the minimum dietary diversity (MDD) score compared to the control. A 3-month follow-up of this pilot study did not demonstrate that yogurt was beneficial to linear growth. However, there were encouraging trends that merit replication of the intervention with larger samples and longer follow-ups. © 2023 by the authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Jannat, Kaniz Khatun E.
Australia, Penrith
Western Sydney University
Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore
Australia, Penrith
Western Sydney University
Parvez, Sarker Masud
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Thomson, Russell J.
Australia, Penrith
Western Sydney University
Statistics
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/nu15132986
ISSN:
20726643
Research Areas
Food Security
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative