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Improvement in appetite among stunted children receiving nutritional intervention in Bangladesh: results from a community-based study

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Stunted children often have poor appetite, which may limit their response to nutritional interventions. We investigated the effect of a nutritional intervention on the appetite status of stunted children. METHODS: A longitudinal prospective intervention study was conducted wit...

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Autores principales: Naila, Nurun Nahar, Mahfuz, Mustafa, Hossain, Muttaquina, Arndt, Michael, Walson, Judd L., Nahar, Baitun, Ahmed, Tahmeed
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8416653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-020-00843-9
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author Naila, Nurun Nahar
Mahfuz, Mustafa
Hossain, Muttaquina
Arndt, Michael
Walson, Judd L.
Nahar, Baitun
Ahmed, Tahmeed
author_facet Naila, Nurun Nahar
Mahfuz, Mustafa
Hossain, Muttaquina
Arndt, Michael
Walson, Judd L.
Nahar, Baitun
Ahmed, Tahmeed
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description BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Stunted children often have poor appetite, which may limit their response to nutritional interventions. We investigated the effect of a nutritional intervention on the appetite status of stunted children. METHODS: A longitudinal prospective intervention study was conducted with 50 stunted (length for age; LAZ < −2) (age and sex matched) aged 12–18 months and their mothers in Bauniabadh slum of Dhaka city. The stunted children received the following intervention package: one boiled egg and 150 ml milk daily 6 days a week for 3 months; psychosocial stimulation including structured play activities and parental counseling for 6 months; routine clinical care. Appetite status was measured using an interview-based tool “Early Childhood Appetite and Satiety Tool.” RESULTS: Over the period of nutritional intervention, the mean appetite score increased from 49 to 60 in the stunted children and was associated with increased food consumption. Over the intervention period, both egg and milk consumption increased (40.3–49.6 g and 83.8–138.5 ml, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Assessment of appetite status using EACST appears to be a useful tool for monitoring a nutritional intervention in stunted children. This tool may be useful for programs in managing child stunting in low-income countries and an important way to assess the efficacy of a nutritional intervention in these children.
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spelling pubmed-84166532021-09-22 Improvement in appetite among stunted children receiving nutritional intervention in Bangladesh: results from a community-based study Naila, Nurun Nahar Mahfuz, Mustafa Hossain, Muttaquina Arndt, Michael Walson, Judd L. Nahar, Baitun Ahmed, Tahmeed Eur J Clin Nutr Article BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Stunted children often have poor appetite, which may limit their response to nutritional interventions. We investigated the effect of a nutritional intervention on the appetite status of stunted children. METHODS: A longitudinal prospective intervention study was conducted with 50 stunted (length for age; LAZ < −2) (age and sex matched) aged 12–18 months and their mothers in Bauniabadh slum of Dhaka city. The stunted children received the following intervention package: one boiled egg and 150 ml milk daily 6 days a week for 3 months; psychosocial stimulation including structured play activities and parental counseling for 6 months; routine clinical care. Appetite status was measured using an interview-based tool “Early Childhood Appetite and Satiety Tool.” RESULTS: Over the period of nutritional intervention, the mean appetite score increased from 49 to 60 in the stunted children and was associated with increased food consumption. Over the intervention period, both egg and milk consumption increased (40.3–49.6 g and 83.8–138.5 ml, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Assessment of appetite status using EACST appears to be a useful tool for monitoring a nutritional intervention in stunted children. This tool may be useful for programs in managing child stunting in low-income countries and an important way to assess the efficacy of a nutritional intervention in these children. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-05-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8416653/ /pubmed/34045689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-020-00843-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Improvement in appetite among stunted children receiving nutritional intervention in Bangladesh: results from a community-based study
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title_fullStr Improvement in appetite among stunted children receiving nutritional intervention in Bangladesh: results from a community-based study
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title_short Improvement in appetite among stunted children receiving nutritional intervention in Bangladesh: results from a community-based study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8416653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41430-020-00843-9
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