Charlotte G. Neumann|Nimrod O. Bwibo|Suzanne P. Murphy|Marian Sigman|Shannon E. Whaley|Lindsay H. Allen|Donald Guthrie|Robert E. Weiss|Montague W. Demment
Animal Source Foods Improve Dietary Quality, Micronutrient Status, Growth and Cognitive Function in Kenyan School Children: Background, Study Design and Baseline Findings
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health|University of California, Los Angeles|University of Nairobi|Cancer Research Center|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawaii System|University of California, Los Angeles|Neuropsychiatric Research Institute|Neuropsychiatric Research Institute|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Davis|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Davis
previous longitudinal threecountry study egypt kenya mexico found significant positive associations intake animal source foods asf growth cognitive development physical activity test causal relationship controlled school feeding intervention study designed test hypotheses asf would improve micronutrient status growth cognitive function kenyan primary school children twelve rural kenyan schools 554 children randomized four feeding interventions using local vegetable stew vehicle groups designated meat milk energy control received feedings feeding carried school days seven terms 21 mo preintervention baseline measures included nutritional status home food intake anthropometry biochemical measures micronutrient status malaria intestinal parasites health status cognitive behavioral measures measurements child repeated intervals 2 baseline data revealed stunting underweight approximately 30 children widespread inadequate intakes andor biochemical evidence micronutrient deficiencies particularly iron zinc vitamins b12 riboflavin calcium little asf eaten fat intake low malaria present 31 children hookworm amebiasis giardia widely prevalent outcomes measured rates change increase intervention cognitive function growth physical activity behavior micronutrient status hierarchical linear random effects modeling used analysis outcomes