Title: Designing snacks to address micronutrient deficiencies in rural Kenyan schoolchildren.

POPLINE Document Number: 314430

Author(s):

Murphy SP
Gewa C
Grillenberger M
Bwibo NO
Neumann CG

Source citation:

Journal of Nutrition, 2007 Apr;137(4):1093-1096.

Abstract:

Three snacks were designed to improve nutrient intakes among school-age children living in rural Kenya. Snacks containing animal-source foods (milk and meat) provided more nutrients than an equicaloric vegetarian snack. The vegetarian snack provided extra vitamin A (primarily from fortified cooking fat; the milk snack was rich in calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin B-12; and the meat snack supplied vitamin B-12, iron, and zinc. When changes in intakes from baseline to the feeding period were compared across the 4 groups, total energy intake increased the most for children in the meat group and the least for children in the control group. Differences in energy intakes across the 3 feeding groups were primarily caused by decreases in home intake for the vegetarian and milk snack groups. It is important to evaluate the change in home intakes as well as intakes from the foods provided by the study when evaluating the effect of feeding programs on nutrient adequacy. (author's)

Keywords:

Kenya
Research Report
Children
Rural Areas
Deficiency Diseases
Prevention and Control
Child Nutrition
Nutrition Programs
Diet
Vitamins and Minerals
Food and Beverage
Food Supplementation
Developing Countries
Africa, Eastern
Africa South of the Sahara
Africa
Youth
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Geographic Factors
Nutrition Disorders
Diseases
Nutrition
Health
Primary Health Care
Health Services
Delivery of Health Care
Physiology
Biology