Anemia
Conditions
Keywords
Anemia, Iron, Children, Micronutrients
Brief summary
Anemia continues to be a major public health problem in many regions of the world and it is still not clear which strategy is more effective in children population in terms of adherence and efficacy. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy and acceptance of several strategies that have been recently recommended to treat anemia on anemic children (6 to 43 mo):Iron supplement, iron+folic acid supplement, a multiple micronutrients supplement a micronutrient fortified complementary food in the form of porridge powder or zinc+iron+ascorbic acid fortified water.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTIron
Daily 20mg of ferrous sulfate in liquid solution during 4 months
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTMultiple micronutrients supplement
Daily supplement with 10mg of iron plus several micronutrients following a formula designed to treat anemia in indigenous population in Mexico. During 4 months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTmicronutrient fortified porridge powder
Daily powdered complementary food designed for a national program in Mexico with 10mg of iron plus several micronutrients during 4 months
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTIron and ascorbic acid fortified water
A drink water product fortified with 6.7 mg ofiron, zinc and ascorbic acid. This product was asked to be used for drinking and for cooking for the child during 4 months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTIron plus folic acid supplement
Daily liquid solution following the daily iron (12.5mg)and folic acid recommendation of UNICEF to treat anemia during 4 months
Sponsors
Procter and Gamble
Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Months to 42 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Hemoglobin less than 11.7g/dL and above 7.0g/dL
Exclusion criteria
* Breastfeeding * Chronic gastroenteritis * Any other severe illness
Outcome results
None listed