Efficacy of oral zinc complementary for children with long anorexia
- Author:
Thanh Thanh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Anorexia
- MeSH:
Complementary Therapies;
anorexia;
child;
zinc
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):31-34
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
To evaluate the effects of zinc on chronic anorexic children, we have divided 132 chronic anorexic children aged 3-48 months old into two groups. The test group was supplemented with iron, vitamins and 10mg of elemental zinc daily orally while the control group was supplemented with iron, vitamins. The results have shown that appetite, energy intakes and growth rate in the test group were improved better than those in the control group (P<0.001; P<0.001; P<0.001 and P<0.025). Initial serum zinc concentration of the chronic anorexic children in the test group is concerned obviously with rehabilitations of energy intakes (P<0.002). Weight and height velocities of the anorexic children with low zinc concentration in test group were lower than those of the anorexic the test group (P<0.005; P<0.005). Zinc supplementation has clearly affected to treat chronic anorexia in children.
