Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Of two community-based trials among young children in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso, one found that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) increased child growth compared with a non-intervention control group, but zinc supplementation did not in the second study.

Objectives

We explored whether the disparate growth outcomes were associated with differences in intervention components, household demographic variables, and/or children's morbidity.

Methods

Children in the LNS study received 20g LNS daily containing different amounts of zinc (LNS). Children in the zinc supplementation study received different zinc supplementation regimens (Z-Suppl). Children in both studies were visited weekly for morbidity surveillance. Free malaria

SUBMITTER: Hess SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5542440 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature