Effect of cashew meal in the fight against child malnutritio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Protein deficiencyC18.654.521.500.708
- Registration Number
- RBR-3zb24z
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Term birth. Age between 2 and 5 years. Both sexes. Malnutrition for at least 60 days. Preserved renal and hepatic function. Do not have allergy to products coming from cashew nuts. Mentally capable legal person
Exclusion Criteria
Severe malnutrition with z score less than -3. User of psychotropic, antimicrobial or antineoplastic. Carrier of syndromes. Chronic disease. Having started intervention for recovery of nutritional status.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in body weight, height and body mass index (BMI) and consequent reflex in the improvement of malnutrition after two years, verified through the method before and after the intervention, based on the finding of anthropometric measurements after intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Positive changes in the hemogram, lipidogram and glycated hemoglobin parameters of malnourished children, verified by means of the before and after intervention method, based on an increase in anthropometric measurements after intervention