Infant growth faltering Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Infant growth
Conditions
Interventions
One of two locally developed complementary foods fed for 12 months
Sponsors
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (USA)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Infants aged 6 months and resident in Chilenje, Zambia whose mothers agree: 1. To prepare and feed their infants for 12 months the food supplied to them 2. To attend the specified clinic or home visits 3. To let their infants undergo specified urine collection and blood sampling 4. To permit the infants to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Non-fulfilment of inclusion criteria or evidence of chronic disease (active tuberculosis [TB], symptomatic HIV)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence of stunting | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Body composition 2. Indices of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), selenium (Se) and vitamin A status 3. Morbidity 4. Gastrointestinal permeability 5. Response to oral polio vaccine 6. Behavioural development 7. Development of chronic childhood viral infections | — |
Countries
Zambia
Outcome results
None listed