Trial reportThe Journal of international medical research2018
Effect of oral nutritional supplementation on growth and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections in picky eating children at nutritional risk: a randomized, controlled trial.
Trial report in The Journal of international medical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
- Effect of Oral Nutritional Supplementation on Growth in Children with Undernutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
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- Effects of oral nutritional supplement on growth and body composition in malnutrition at risk and malnourished children: MARVEL study, a multi-center randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of long-term oral nutritional supplementation with dietary counseling on growth, body composition and bone mineralization in children with or at risk for undernutrition: a randomized controlled trial.Nutrition journal · 2025Trial
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- Oral Nutritional Supplementation Improves Growth in Children at Malnutrition Risk and with Picky Eating Behaviors.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Specialized Nutrition Products in Pediatric Medical Care: Clinical Applications, Formulation, Regulation, and Future Directions.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Impact of a Nutrient-Dense Oral Nutritional Supplement on Growth in At-Risk Filipino Children: A Single-Arm Study.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Pediatric oncology patients prefer cocoa over oral nutritional supplements in a double-blinded feeding-trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Impact of Oral Nutritional Supplementation and Dietary Counseling on Outcomes of Linear Catch-Up Growth in Indian Children Aged 3-6.9 Years: Findings from a 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dietary Diversity, Iron Status, and Anaemia Among Adivasi Women: Insights from the Chiguru Cohort in Chamarajanagar District, Southern Karnataka.Wellcome open research · 2025Article
- Oral nutritional supplementation with dietary counseling improves linear catch-up growth and health outcomes in children with or at risk of undernutrition: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Optimal Protein Intake in Healthy Children and Adolescents: Evaluating Current Evidence.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Clinical Evolution of Preschool Picky Eater Children Receiving Oral Nutritional Supplementation during Six Months: A Prospective Controlled Clinical Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Prevention of recurrent respiratory infections : Inter-society Consensus.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Continuation of oral nutritional supplementation supports continued growth in nutritionally at-risk children with picky eating behaviour: A post-intervention, observational follow-up study.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Observational
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12 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Objectives To evaluate the effect of oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) plus dietary counselling (DC) (intervention) versus DC alone (control) on growth and upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in nutritionally at-risk, picky eating children in India. Methods We performed a 90-day, prospective, randomized, controlled trial. A total of 255 children aged 24-72 months with a weight-for-age z-score ≥-2 and <-1, picky eating behaviour, and acute URTI were randomized to the control (n = 128) or intervention group (n = 127). The outcomes included the change in weight-for-age z-score from days 1 to 90 and the URTI incidence. Results The mean age was 44.0 ± 14.3 months. The intervention group showed a significantly greater increase in mean weight-for-age and body mass index-for-age z-scores compared with the control group from day 10 onwards. Higher energy intake in the intervention group was observed at all follow-up visits, except for day 10. The incidence of URTI in the control group was 2.01 times higher than that in the intervention group, controlling for confounding factors. Conclusions ONS plus DC is effective for improving weight and reducing the incidence of URTI in nutritionally at-risk, picky eating children with an acute URTI episode.
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