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- Title
Development and evaluating the biopotency of ready to eat liver meat balls in fighting anaemia and vitamin A deficiency, improving selected nutritional biochemical indicators and promoting the cognitive function among mildly anaemic Egyptian children aged 3-9 years.
- Authors
Bassouni, Rania; Soliman, Magda; Hussein, Laila Abbas; Monir, Zeinab; Abd El-Meged, Ashraf A
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Ready to eat fried liver meat balls (LMB) were developed to fight anaemia and vitamin A deficiency and promote cognitive function.<bold>Design: </bold>Randomised controlled trial consisting of two arms: control group with no supplement and LMB group receiving LMB supplement three times a week for 90 d. Criteria of evaluations included dietary assessment, anthropometric measurements, laboratory investigations and cognitive function by Wechsler test.<bold>Setting: </bold>Kinder Garten and primary school in Urban Giza.<bold>Participants: </bold>Sixty boys and girls aging 3-9 years.<bold>Results: </bold>The LMB supplement contributed to significant increases in the intakes of high bioavailable Fe and vitamin A in the diets of all children. Initial overall prevalence of mild and moderate anaemia was 43 %, which disappeared completely from all children aging < 72 months and from 88 % of children ≥ 72 months after the 90 d dietary intervention with the LMB. Faecal systemic immune globulin A, urinary hydroxyproline index and urinary iodine excretion increased significantly (P < 0·05) only after the dietary intervention with the LMB supplement for 90 d. The standard scores of verbal and non-verbal cognitive function tests (Δ day 90-day 0) increased significantly (P < 0·05) among the LMB group compared with the respective changes observed among the control group. The increase in height-for-age Z score and blood Hb were good predictors for improvement in cognitive function.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>LMB supplement is effective sustainable nutritious biotherapeutic food in fighting hidden hunger and promoting the cognitive function.
- Subjects
EGYPT; THERAPEUTIC use of iodine; THERAPEUTIC use of vitamin A; RESEARCH; MEAT; LIVER; COGNITION; EVALUATION research; VITAMIN A deficiency; COMPARATIVE studies; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; ANEMIA; PROLINE; IRON deficiency anemia
- Publication
Public Health Nutrition, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 11, p3182
- ISSN
1368-9800
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1368980022000970