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Preventing poor height gain in young children by improving the present State Governments program for child nutrition

Preventing infant growth faltering through improvements in the government supplementary nutrition program and growth monitoring

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/03/024183
Enrollment
636
Registered
2020-03-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Milk based food mix: The nutritional supplement is a multigrain food based mix which will contain cereals, pulses, mainly milk powder, oil, sugar or jaggery, minerals and vitamins added

Sponsors

Jamsetji Tata Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Situational Analysis 1.Infants in the age range of 6months to 3years on complementary feeding. Operational and interventional research 1. Age: healthy infants aged 6+1 month 2. Exclusively or Predominantly Breastfed 3. Consented: Understanding of the study and willingness to participate as evidenced by subjectâ??s parents and/or legal guardianâ??s voluntary written informed consent and has received a signed and dated copy of the informed consent form. 4. Compliance: Understands and is willing, able and likely to comply with all study procedures and restrictions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Situational Analysis 1. Infants with diagnosed chronic medical or surgical conditions impairing growth. 2. Infants with congenital syndromes impairing growth. 3. Infants with severe acute malnutrition. Operational and interventional research 1. Infants with diagnosed chronic medical or surgical conditions impairing growth 2. Infants with congenital syndromes impairing growth 3. Infants with severe acute malnutrition 4. Children allergic to milk or legumes.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1.Anthropometry: head circumference, mid upper arm circumference, height and weight. 1. Dietary diversityTimepoint: 1.7 times during the study period (1st baseline and end of completion of every month till end line) 2.7 times during the study period (1st baseline and end of completion of every month till end line)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Development of Growth monitoring device and app for growth monitoringTimepoint: One time point

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Nirupama Shivakumar

St. Johns Medical College

nirupama.s@sjri.res.in

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026