Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Conditions
Brief summary
Children with moderate acute malnutrition will be recruited in order to receive an intervention which consists in the consumption of a single serving of SF-cookies daily, 7-days a week for 12 months and 12 educational sessions on health and nutrition.
Interventions
OTHERNutritional Oats Cookie
Sponsors
PepsiCo Global R&D
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 5 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Children (2-5 years old), who are from low socioeconomic classes (E and D classes), * reside in rural areas, and with WHZ- between \> -3 and ≤ -2, and * informed consent given by the subject's mother or caregiver
Exclusion criteria
* Severe acute malnutrition (HAZ, WAZ and WHZ-scores ≤-3) based on the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) reference values (24) * Vitamin A deficiency (softening, ulceration, cloudiness of the cornea, and dryness of the conjunctivitis), and iodine deficiency (visible goiter) * (3 or more episodes of loose/liquid stools/per day and lasted more than 24-hours), fever (high temperature that lasted more than 24 hours as reported by the mother/caregiver), and respiratory infections (coughing and/or runny nose that last more than 24 hours). * Current consumption of other supplementary foods. * Peanut or other ingredient allergy based on prior report. If some direct family member is allergic to peanuts, child would not be enrolled.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Weight (kg) for height (cm) Z-score | 12 months |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Weight (kg) gains | 12 months |
| height (cm) for age (months) Z-score | 12 months |
| weight (kg) for age (months) Z-score | 12 months |
| Mid-upper arm circumference (cm) (MUAC) | 12 hours |
| height (cm) gain | 12 months |
Countries
Mexico
Outcome results
None listed