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Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire
The cognitive skills critical for success have largely been studied in Western populations, despite the fact that children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk to not reach their full developmental potential. Moreover, scientists should leverage recent discovery to explore means of boosti...
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author | Brett, Bonnie E. Doumbia, Habib O. Y. Koko, Bruno K. Koffi, Frédéric Kouadio Assa, Savorgnan E. Zahé, Kollet Y. A. S. Kort, Remco Sybesma, Wilbert Reid, Gregor de Weerth, Carolina |
author_facet | Brett, Bonnie E. Doumbia, Habib O. Y. Koko, Bruno K. Koffi, Frédéric Kouadio Assa, Savorgnan E. Zahé, Kollet Y. A. S. Kort, Remco Sybesma, Wilbert Reid, Gregor de Weerth, Carolina |
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description | The cognitive skills critical for success have largely been studied in Western populations, despite the fact that children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk to not reach their full developmental potential. Moreover, scientists should leverage recent discovery to explore means of boosting cognition in at-risk populations. This semi-randomized controlled trial examined normative cognitive development and whether it could be enhanced by consumption of a probiotic food in a sample of 251 4- to 7-year-old children in urban schools in Côte d’Ivoire. Participants completed executive functioning measures at baseline (T1) and 5 months later (T2). After T1, children in one school received a probiotic (N = 74) or placebo (N = 79) fermented dairy food every day they were in school for one semester; children in the other school (N = 98) continued their diet as usual. Children improved on all tests across time (Cohen’s d = 0.08–0.30). The effects of probiotic ingestion were inconclusive and are interpreted with caution due to socio-political factors affecting daily administration. Given the general feasibility of the study, we hope that it will serve as an inspiration for future research into child development and sustainable (health-promoting) interventions for school children in developing nations. |
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spelling | pubmed-96637122022-11-15 Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire Brett, Bonnie E. Doumbia, Habib O. Y. Koko, Bruno K. Koffi, Frédéric Kouadio Assa, Savorgnan E. Zahé, Kollet Y. A. S. Kort, Remco Sybesma, Wilbert Reid, Gregor de Weerth, Carolina Sci Rep Article The cognitive skills critical for success have largely been studied in Western populations, despite the fact that children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk to not reach their full developmental potential. Moreover, scientists should leverage recent discovery to explore means of boosting cognition in at-risk populations. This semi-randomized controlled trial examined normative cognitive development and whether it could be enhanced by consumption of a probiotic food in a sample of 251 4- to 7-year-old children in urban schools in Côte d’Ivoire. Participants completed executive functioning measures at baseline (T1) and 5 months later (T2). After T1, children in one school received a probiotic (N = 74) or placebo (N = 79) fermented dairy food every day they were in school for one semester; children in the other school (N = 98) continued their diet as usual. Children improved on all tests across time (Cohen’s d = 0.08–0.30). The effects of probiotic ingestion were inconclusive and are interpreted with caution due to socio-political factors affecting daily administration. Given the general feasibility of the study, we hope that it will serve as an inspiration for future research into child development and sustainable (health-promoting) interventions for school children in developing nations. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9663712/ /pubmed/36376341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23797-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 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 licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence 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 licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Brett, Bonnie E. Doumbia, Habib O. Y. Koko, Bruno K. Koffi, Frédéric Kouadio Assa, Savorgnan E. Zahé, Kollet Y. A. S. Kort, Remco Sybesma, Wilbert Reid, Gregor de Weerth, Carolina Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire |
title | Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_full | Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_fullStr | Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_full_unstemmed | Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_short | Normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_sort | normative cognition and the effects of a probiotic food intervention in first grade children in côte d’ivoire |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9663712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36376341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23797-3 |
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