II. Evaluation of the Impact on Growth of a Controlled 6-month Feeding Trial on Children (6-24 Months) Fed a Complementary Feed of a High Energy-Low Bulk Gruel Versus a High Energy-High Bulk Gruel in Addition to Their Habitual Home Diet

1 February 1993

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Vol. 39 (1) , 16-22
https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/39.1.16

Abstract

Twenty-one pairs of slum children (6–24 months) were pair-matched for age and weight. The experimental group consumed a complementary feed of a high energy (1.63 Kcal/ml), but low bulk wheat gruel providing a mean 199 Kcal/child/day v. the control group which consumed an identical (1.63 Kcal/ml), but high bulk gruel providing a mean 50 Kcal/child/day for a period of 180 days. The home diet (breastmilk + family diet) provided about 470 Kcal/child/day in both groups. A comparative evaluation of growth at commencement and end of study demonstrated that:

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