Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Cote d'Ivoire.

ABSTRACT: The cognitive skills critical for success have largely been studied in Western populations, despite the fact that children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk to not reach their full developmental potential. Moreover, scientists should leverage recent discovery to explore means of boosting cognition in at-risk populations. This semi-randomized controlled trial examined normative cognitive development and whether it could be enhanced by consumption of a probiotic food in a sample of 251 4- to 7-year-old children in urban schools in Côte d'Ivoire. Participants completed executive functioning measures at baseline (T1) and 5 months later (T2). After T1, children in one school received a probiotic (N = 74) or placebo (N = 79) fermented dairy food every day they were in school for on

SUBMITTER: Brett BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663712 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature