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Nutritional intake of an undernourished infant population receiving an energy and micronutrient supplement in Indonesia

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 54, pages S43–S51 (2000)Cite this article

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Objectives: This paper reports the dietary intake (home, day care centers, supplement and breast milk) of the children in the clinical trial in Pangalengan.

Design: Two cohorts of children were randomly assigned to three treatments: E=1171 kJ+12 mg iron; M=209 kJ+12 mg iron; S=104 kJ. Supplementation was given for 12 months.

Setting: The sites were six tea plantations in Pangalengan, West Java.

Subjects: A 12-month-old (n=53) and an 18-month-old (n=83) cohort were recruited from day-care-centers. Twenty children who received S belong to the 12- and 18-month-old cohorts. Inclusion criteria were: no chronic disease; length-for-age ≤−1 standard deviation (s.d.) and weight-for-length between −1 and −2 s.d. of the median of the reference of the World Health Organization.

Methods: E=1171 kJ+12 mg iron; M=209 kJ+12 mg iron; S =104 kJ. Supplementation was given for 12 months. Evaluations of intake were made at baseline and every 2 months thereafter.

Results: For the 12-month-old cohort the mean increase in daily energy intake∼2931 kJ for E, ∼1675 kJ for M, and ∼837 kJ increase over the 6 months for the S group. For the 18-month-old cohort the changes were ∼2512 kJ for E∼1675 for the M group and ∼1047 for the S group.

Sponsorship: Nestlé Foundation.

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000) 54, Suppl 2, S43–S51

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  1. Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    JVGA Durnin, TC Aitchison & C Beckett

  2. Nutrition Research and Development Center, Bogor, Indonesia

    M Husaini

  3. University of California, Davis, California, USA

    E Pollitt

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Contributors: E Pollitt contributed to the design and implementation of the study. JVGA Durnin supervised the nutritional aspects of the study and analysis. TC Aitchinson and C Beckett analysed the data. TC Aitchinson, JVGA Durnin and C Beckett wrote the paper.

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Durnin, J., Aitchison, T., Beckett, C. et al. Nutritional intake of an undernourished infant population receiving an energy and micronutrient supplement in Indonesia. Eur J Clin Nutr 54 (Suppl 2), S43–S51 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601004

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