Effect of micronutrients supplementation on linear growth of stunted Egyptian children under 5 years of age /
Michael Fouad Fares
Effect of micronutrients supplementation on linear growth of stunted Egyptian children under 5 years of age / تأثير الدعم بالمغذيات الدقيقه على نمو الطول فى الأطفال المصريين قصار القامه الأقل من خمس سنوات Michael Fouad Fares ; Supervised Hanna Aboulghar , Sarah Samir Eltatawy , Miriam Magdy Aziz - Cairo : Michael Fouad Fares , 2019 - 117 P. : charts , facimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Backgroud: Stunting results from a complex interaction of household, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural influences that are described in WHO Conceptual Framework on Childhood Stunting.There is international agreement that children are stunted if their length/height is below-2 SDs from the WHO Child Growth Standards median for the same age and sex. Aim: Study and compare the effect of micronutrients supplementation (Iron and zinc) on linear growth of infants and children less than 5 years of age suffering from stunted growth.Methods: A randomized study included 60 children less than 5 years of age divided equally into two groups.Group A took iron supplementation only and group B took iron and zinc supplementation.Follow up of length/ height was done after 6 months of micronutrients supplementation.Results: There was significant improvement in linear growth of both groups after six months supplementation with micronutrients (p<0.001). The rate of change in length/height was significantly higher in group B which took zinc in addition to iron than group A (p=0.002).Conclusion: Zinc supplementation in addition to iron led to significant acceleration of linear growth of stunted children compared to supplementation with iron alone
Iron Stunting Zinc
Effect of micronutrients supplementation on linear growth of stunted Egyptian children under 5 years of age / تأثير الدعم بالمغذيات الدقيقه على نمو الطول فى الأطفال المصريين قصار القامه الأقل من خمس سنوات Michael Fouad Fares ; Supervised Hanna Aboulghar , Sarah Samir Eltatawy , Miriam Magdy Aziz - Cairo : Michael Fouad Fares , 2019 - 117 P. : charts , facimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Backgroud: Stunting results from a complex interaction of household, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural influences that are described in WHO Conceptual Framework on Childhood Stunting.There is international agreement that children are stunted if their length/height is below-2 SDs from the WHO Child Growth Standards median for the same age and sex. Aim: Study and compare the effect of micronutrients supplementation (Iron and zinc) on linear growth of infants and children less than 5 years of age suffering from stunted growth.Methods: A randomized study included 60 children less than 5 years of age divided equally into two groups.Group A took iron supplementation only and group B took iron and zinc supplementation.Follow up of length/ height was done after 6 months of micronutrients supplementation.Results: There was significant improvement in linear growth of both groups after six months supplementation with micronutrients (p<0.001). The rate of change in length/height was significantly higher in group B which took zinc in addition to iron than group A (p=0.002).Conclusion: Zinc supplementation in addition to iron led to significant acceleration of linear growth of stunted children compared to supplementation with iron alone
Iron Stunting Zinc