Impact of the two different iron fortified cookies on treatment of anemia in preschool children in Brazil

Nutritional intervention in pre-school children using cookies prepared with wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid (CWFFeFA) and cookies prepared with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) flour fortified with iron and zinc and wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid (CCFFeZn + WFFeFA)....

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Published in:	Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 33; no. 5; p. 579
Main Authors:	Landim, Liejy Agnes, Pessoa, Marcia Luiza Dos Santos Beserra, Brandão, Amanda de Castro Amorim Serpa, Morgano, Marcelo Antonio, Marcos Antônio de Mota Araújo, Marcos Antônio De Mota Araújo, Rocha, Maurisrael De Moura, Arêas, José Alfredo Gomes, Moreira-Araújo, Regilda Saraiva Dos Reis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Spain Grupo Arán 20-09-2016
Subjects:	Anemia - drug therapy Brazil Child, Preschool Female Folic Acid - administration & dosage Food, Formulated Food, Fortified Hemoglobins - analysis Humans Iron, Dietary - administration & dosage Iron, Dietary - therapeutic use Male Nutrition & Dietetics Vitamins - administration & dosage Nutritional intervention. Anaemia. Pre-school children. Fortification. Cowpea Niños en edad preescolar Feijão-caupi Pre-school children Anaemia Anemia Intervención nutricional Biofortificacion Cowpea Fortification Nutritional intervention
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Summary:	Nutritional intervention in pre-school children using cookies prepared with wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid (CWFFeFA) and cookies prepared with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) flour fortified with iron and zinc and wheat flour enriched with iron and folic acid (CCFFeZn + WFFeFA). To assess the impact of the ingestion of CWFFeFA and CCFFeZn + WFFeFA by pre-school children, using the cowpea variety BRS-Xiquexique, to control iron-deficiency anaemia. Nutritional intervention was conducted in municipal day care centres selected at random (n = 262) involving pre-school children aged 2 to 5 years living in Teresina, state of Piauí, Brazil. To assess the socioeconomic data, BMI-for-age, haemoglobin levels before and after intervention, and dietary intake, the children were divided into group 1 (G1), which received CWFFeFA (30 g), and group 2 (G2), which received CCFFeZn + WFFeFA (30 g). Food acceptance was evaluated daily. The prevalence of anaemia in G1 and G2 before the nutritional intervention was 12.2% (n = 18) and 11.5% (n = 30), respectively. After intervention, the prevalence decreased to 1.4% in G1 (n = 2) and to 4.2% in G2 (n = 11). Food acceptance by pre-school children in G1 and G2 was 97.4% and 94.3%, respectively. The use of both types of cookie formulations decreased the prevalence of anaemia among pre-school children, and CCFFeZn + WFFeFA yielded the greatest decrease.
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ISSN:	0212-1611 1699-5198 1699-5198
DOI:	10.20960/nh.579