Effects of feeding biscuit fortified with multi-micronutrient on vitamin A and anemia status of primary school children
- Author:
Tran Thi Huan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
micronutrient, anemia
- MeSH:
Micronutrients;
Anemia;
vitamin A
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;288(9):54-61
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Children aged 6-9 years old in Dong Cuu commune, Gia Binh district, Bac Ninh province were randomly enrolled and divided into 2 groups. Group 1 was given daily fortified multimicronutrient biscuits and group 2 normal biscuits without multimicronutrient. From September 2001 to May 2002 (6 months) subjects received biscuits every 5 days each week. In group 1: anemia incidence was improved by 58%, and in group 2: 47%. Hb mean level in group 1 was 6.8g/l, group 2 was 2.8g/l. Vitamin A deficit was improved by 46% in group 1 and 31% in group 2. Serum level mean gap in vitamin A deficit group was higher than the group without vitamin A deficit in the beginning of study. The improving of physical health in group 1 was not clearly observed in comparing with that of group 2
