Trial reportNutrients2020
Influence of Dietary Advice Including Green Vegetables, Beef, and Whole Dairy Products on Recurrent Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Were Our Grandmothers Right? Soup as Medicine-A Systematic Review of Preliminary Evidence for Managing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Associations of dietary patterns with common infections and antibiotic use among Finnish preschoolers.Food & nutrition research · 2023Article
- Recurrent respiratory tract infections in children might be associated with vitamin A status: a case-control study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Investigating fish contamination scenario and community willingness to adopt consumption advice proposing an advisory option.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Could Probiotics and Postbiotics Function as "Silver Bullet" in the Post-COVID-19 Era?Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2021Review
- Association of Healthy Diet with Recovery Time from COVID-19: Results from a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effects of a Lactobacilli Probiotic on Reducing Duration of URTI and Fever, and Use of URTI-Associated Medicine: A Re-Analysis of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Did Iranians change their eating behavior following COVID-19 outbreak?Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSince no treatment exists for children suffering from upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) without immunological disorders, we searched for a possible tool to improve the health of these children.
aimWe evaluated whether dietary advice (based on food matrix and food synergy), including standard supportive care, can decrease the number and duration of URTIs in children with recurrent URTIs. DESIGN AND
settingThis study was a multicenter randomized controlled trial in two pediatric outpatient clinics in the Netherlands, with 118 children aged one to four years with recurrent URTIs. The dietary advice group received dietary advice plus standard supportive care, while the control group received standard supportive care alone for six months. The dietary advice consisted of green vegetables five times per week, beef three times per week, 300 mL whole milk per day, and whole dairy butter on bread every day. Portion sizes were age-appropriate. RESULTS AND
conclusionChildren in the dietary advice group had 4.8 (1.6-9.5) days per month with symptoms of an URTI in the last three months of the study, compared to 7.7 (4.0-12.3) in the control group (
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