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Rev Endocrinol Nutr 2013; 21 (3)

Assessment of nutritional recovery in children under five years with a nutritional supplement based on soy, sesame, amaranth and oats in rural Chiapas, Mexico

Ochoa-Tapia E, Ávila-Sánchez A, Montero-Farrera J, Pulido-Villarreal M, López-López D, Trujillo-Vizuet MG, Alavez-Rosas D

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 107-113
PDF size: 195.10 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Children triple their birth weight in their first year, and by two, they reach two thirds of their total brain size; by three years of age, the child develops his ability to interact, makes verbal prowesses, and enters the world of learning and socialization. Purpose: To evaluate the effect of a food supplement made of soybean, sesame seed, amaranth and oats on the nutritional status of children under five in rural areas from Chiapas. Methodology: A prospective, longitudinal, quasi-experimental study was conducted, with the participation of 17 children. An initial nutritional assessment was developed based on the indicators weight/height, weight/age and height/age; the parasitosis factor was dismissed by a fecal matter test, and treatment was provided if positive; subsequently, a food supplement was provided and the nutritional status was evaluated for seven weeks; data were recorded in the WHO-Anthro program and analyzed using the statistical package SPSS v20. Results: Out of the 17 children, nine were positive with parasites. According to the initial nutritional evaluation indicator P/T, one had moderate malnutrition, seven had mild malnutrition and nine had a normal status. On the weight/height indicator, one had moderate malnutrition, 12 had mild malnutrition and four had a normal status. For height/age, four had a stunted height, six had a slightly low height and seven had a normal height. In the final evaluation, according to the indicator weight/height, one had mild malnutrition and 16 had a normal status. According to the indicator weight/age, four had mild malnutrition and 13 had a normal status, and in the height/age, four had a stunted height, seven had a slightly low height and six had a normal status. Conclusions: The food supplement achieved nutritional recovery of children with acute malnutrition, but no improvement on chronic malnutrition was demonstrated. For this reason, a longer study is suggested.


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