None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
We planned this trial to find out whether adding a small amount of powdered beef liver to day-care meals of Brazilian preschool children from Salvador for 12 months could prevent anemia and micronutrient deficiencies, improve their growth, health, and development in the same way or better than adding a small amount of micronutrients in powder form (Sprinkles).
Interventions
Arm 1. Desiccated New Zealand beef liver (freeze dried cooked) from an 11g sachet to be added to mid-day day-care meals each weekday and to home-prepared meals once per day on holidays for 12 months.
Arm 2. Multi-micronutrient sprinkles (1g sprinkles plus 10g of maltodextrin per sachet) to be added to mid-day day-care meals each weekday and to home-prepared meals once per day on holidays for 12 months.
Multi-micronutrient sprinkles contain iron, zinc, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin D, thiamine
Arm 1. Desiccated New Zealand beef liver (freeze dried cooked) from an 11g sachet to be added to mid-day day-care meals each weekday and to home-prepared meals once per day on holidays for 12 months. Arm 2. Multi-micronutrient sprinkles (1g sprinkles plus 10g of maltodextrin per sachet) to be added to mid-day day-care meals each weekday and to home-prepared meals once per day on holidays for 12 months. Multi-micronutrient sprinkles contain iron, zinc, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin D, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, copper and iodine.
Sponsors
University of Otago
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
36 Months to 60 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Preschool children aged 36 to 60 months whose parent expect to reside in Salvador for at least the subsequent 14 months
Exclusion criteria
Preschool children who have evidence of chronic disease
Outcome results
None listed