Short-term weight gain among preschool children in rural Burkina Faso: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Nutrition has profound effects on children's health outcomes and is linked to weight gain and cognitive development. We used data from a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the prospective associations between dietary, socioeconomic and demographic factors and short-term weight gain during the lean season in a rural area of Burkina Faso.

Design

Prospective cohort data arising from a randomised controlled trial of the effect of antibiotic distribution on child growth and intestinal microbial diversity.

Setting

Two rural communities in Nouna District, Burkina Faso.

Participants

246 children aged 6-59 months living in the study communities were enrolled in the study.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Anthropometric measurements, includin

SUBMITTER: Dennis EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677972 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature