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Trial reportMaternal & child nutrition2017

Impact of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on infant and young child feeding practices at 18 months of age: results from four randomized controlled trials in Africa.

Mary Arimond, Souheila Abbeddou, Chiza Kumwenda, Harriet Okronipa, Jaimie Hemsworth, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Eugenia Ocansey, Anna Lartey, Ulla Ashorn, Seth Adu-Afarwuah and 3 more

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Trial report in Maternal & child nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Mary ArimondDepartment of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Souheila AbbeddouDepartment of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Chiza KumwendaDepartment for International Health, University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland.
Harriet OkronipaDepartment of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Jaimie HemsworthNutrition Group, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Elizabeth Yakes JimenezDepartment of Individual, Family, and Community Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Eugenia OcanseyDepartment of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Anna LarteyDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Ulla AshornDepartment for International Health, University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland.
Seth Adu-AfarwuahDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Stephen A VostiDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Sonja Y HessDepartment of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Kathryn G DeweyDepartment of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
University of California, Davis · USUniversity of Ghana · GHTampere University · FITampere University · FIUniversity of London · GBUniversity of New Mexico · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices can help ensure nutrient adequacy and support healthy growth and development. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) have been proposed to help fill nutrient gaps, but little is known about the impact of provision of SQ-LNS on breastfeeding or complementary feeding practices. In the context of four coordinated randomized controlled nutrient supplementation trials in diverse sites in Africa, we compared IYCF practices at infant age 18 months (after 9-12 months of supplementation) between those receiving and not receiving SQ-LNS. Practices were assessed by caregiver recall. Continued breastfeeding ranged from 74% (Ghana site) to 97% (Burkina Faso site) and did not differ between groups in any site; prevalence of frequent breastfeeding also did not differ. In two sites (Burkina Faso and Malawi), infants receiving SQ-LNS were more likely to meet the World Health Organization recommendations for frequency of feeding (percentage point differences of 12-14%, P < 0.0001 and P = 0.005, respectively; the remaining two sites did not have data for this indicator). Most indicators of infant dietary diversity did not differ between groups in any site, but in the same two sites where frequency of feeding differed, infants receiving SQ-LNS were less likely to have low frequency of consumption of animal-source foods in the previous week (percentage point differences of 9-19% for lowest tertile, P = .02 and P = 0.04, respectively). We conclude that provision of SQ-LNS did not negatively impact self-reported IYCF practices and may have positively impacted frequency of feeding.

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Infant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaBurkina FasoDietDietary FatsDietary SupplementsFemaleGhanaHumansInfantMalawiMaleMalnutritionMicronutrientsNutritional StatusNutrition PolicyRisk FactorsDietary FatsMicronutrientsZincAfricabreastfeedingfeeding practicesinfantnutrient supplementsyoung child

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