TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michael Fouad Fares
AU  - Hanna Aboulghar , 
AU  - Miriam Magdy Aziz , 
AU  - Sarah Samir Eltatawy , 
TI  - Effect of micronutrients supplementation on linear growth of stunted Egyptian children under 5 years of age / 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Michael Fouad Fares , 
KW  - Iron
KW  - Stunting
KW  - Zinc
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD
N2  - 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
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