{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sheng X"],"funding":["Thrasher Research Fund","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["334"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6743151"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The local diet in high-poverty areas in China is mainly vegetarian, and children may be more vulnerable to vitamin B<sub>12</sub> deficiency.<h4>Objective</h4>The aims of this study were to explore the vitamin B<sub>12</sub> status of toddlers living in high-poverty areas of China and to observe the effects of different complementary foods on the vitamin B<sub>12</sub> status and cognitive level of these toddlers.<h4>Methods</h4>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 "],"journal":["BMC pediatrics"],"pubmed_title":["Effects of dietary intervention on vitamin B<sub>12</sub> status and cognitive level of 18-month-old toddlers in high-poverty areas: a cluster-randomized controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC6743151"],"funding_grant_id":["TRF 200708-029","81703249","81302446","81673178","81172686"],"pubmed_authors":["Sheng X","Li F","Ouyang F","Ma J","Wang J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effects of dietary intervention on vitamin B<sub>12</sub> status and cognitive level of 18-month-old toddlers in high-poverty areas: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The local diet in high-poverty areas in China is mainly vegetarian, and children may be more vulnerable to vitamin B<sub>12</sub> deficiency.<h4>Objective</h4>The aims of this study were to explore the vitamin B<sub>12</sub> status of toddlers living in high-poverty areas of China and to observe the effects of different complementary foods on the vitamin B<sub>12</sub> status and cognitive level of these toddlers.<h4>Methods</h4>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 ","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2026-05-03T19:29:42.451Z","creation":"2019-09-24T07:11:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6743151","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31519167"],"doi":["10.1186/s12887-019-1716-z"]}}