Effects of dietary intervention on vitamin B₁₂ status and cognitive level of 18-month-old toddlers in high-poverty areas: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The local diet in high-poverty areas in China is mainly vegetarian, and children may be more vulnerable to vitamin B₁₂ deficiency.

Objective

The aims of this study were to explore the vitamin B₁₂ status of toddlers living in high-poverty areas of China and to observe the effects of different complementary foods on the vitamin B₁₂ status and cognitive level of these toddlers.

Methods

The study was nested within a cluster-randomized controlled trial implemented in 60 administrative villages (clusters) of Xichou County in which infants aged 6 months old were randomized to receive 50 g/d of pork (meat group), an equi-caloric fortified cereal supplement (fortified cereal group) or local cereal supplement (local cereal group) for

SUBMITTER: Sheng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6743151 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature