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Trial reportFood and nutrition bulletin2014

Meat as complementary food for older breastfed infants and toddlers: a randomized, controlled trial in rural China.

Minghua Tang, Xiao-Yang Sheng, Nancy F Krebs, K Michael Hambidge

Registry-linked trialAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Food and nutrition bulletin, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00726102 (Development and Health of Rural Chinese Children Fed Meat as a Daily Complementary Food From 6-18 Mos of Age), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT00726102 nacompletednot on this map

Development and Health of Rural Chinese Children Fed Meat as a Daily Complementary Food From 6-18 Mos of Age

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Colorado, DenverRan2008 to 2014Enrolled1,488ConditionsNutritional DeficienciesArmsMeat, Cereal, fortified rice cereal
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  17. Protein Intake during the First Two Years of Life and Its Association with Growth and Risk of Overweight.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  18. Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting.American journal of agricultural economics · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Minghua Tang
Xiao-Yang Sheng
Nancy F Krebs
K Michael Hambidge

Funding

FOSTERING PATIENT ORIENTED RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC NUTRITIONK24DK083772 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KREBS, NANCY F · 2009 to 2013
$753k
NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK083772NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK083772-09
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBecause of its contribution to dietary diversity and to favorable intakes of micronutrients, including iron and zinc, meat is hypothesized to be a valuable complementary food for the infant and young child. However, the evidence base remains limited.

objectiveTo compare the difference in anthropometric measurements of rural Chinese infants and toddlers 6 to 18 months of age who received a daily supplement of meat or cereal for 12 months.

methodsThis cluster-randomized, controlled study provided a daily supplement of either meat (n = 514, 20 clusters) or cereal (n = 957, 40 clusters) starting as a first complementary food at 6 months of age. Anthropometric measurements were assessed longitudinally.

resultsAfter 12 months of intervention, the meat group (δ13.01 ± 1.9 cm) had greater (p = .01) linear growth than the cereal group (δ12.75 ± 1.8 cm) and a smaller decrease in length-for-age z-score (LAZ) over time (-0.43 ± 0.72 in the meat group vs. -0.54 ± 0.67 in the cereal group), after adjustment for baseline length, LAZ, maternal education, work status, and maternal height and weight.

conclusionsLinear growth was modestly greater in the meat group than in the cereal group. LAZ was substantially negative at 6 months, and the intervention did not prevent ongoing decline over the course of the study.

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Breast FeedingInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaMeatAnthropometryBody HeightBody WeightChinaDietEdible GrainEducational StatusHumansInfantMothersRural Population

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PMID25639137
PMCPMC4490582

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