Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, Regardless of Their Zinc Content, Increase Growth and Reduce the Prevalence of Stunting and Wasting in Young Burkinabe Children: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Hess S, Abbeddou S, Jimenez E, Somé J, Vosti S, Ouédraogo Z, Guissou R, Ouédraogo J, Brown K. Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, Regardless of Their Zinc Content, Increase Growth and Reduce the Prevalence of Stunting and Wasting in Young Burkinabe Children: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0122242. PMID: 25816354, PMCID: PMC4376671, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsNon-intervention cohortPlacebo tabletsLipid-based nutrient supplementsYoung Burkinabe childrenOral rehydration saltsPrevalence of stuntingIncidence of diarrheaCluster-randomized trialPlasma zinc concentrationMonths of ageBaseline hemoglobinMorbidity surveillanceNutrient supplementsStandard careDiarrhea treatmentRehydration saltsAnemia prevalenceBurkinabe childrenIllness surveillanceAntimalarial therapyIntervention groupIllness treatmentZinc tabletsZinc levels