The School Meal Intervention: the Effect of Yellow Mealworm-enriched Maize Porridge on Nutrition and Health Status of 6-9-year-old Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 342
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in linear growth based on absolute height gain over 3 months intervention period
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to assess whether edible insect-enriched school porridge has nutrition and health benefits for children aged 6-9 years in refugee communities in Uganda.
The main question the research aims to answer is: Does a daily serving of maize porridge enriched with yellow mealworm flour improve the gut health, growth, and micronutrient status of children in comparison to a standard maize porridge?
Participants will:
Consume a daily serving of yellow mealworm porridge or a maize porridge for one school term (3 months). Data is collected before, during and after the intervention period.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Triple (Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Data collectors assessing anthropometric measures, dietary records and questionnaires were masked
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 9 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Children in Primary 1 in Bukere and Kako primary school
- •Age: 6-9 years
- •Child can eat insects
- •Written informed consent given by parent/caregiver
排除标准
- •Severe acute malnutrition measured as MUAC < 13.5 cm
- •Known allergies related to consuming insects
- •Disability that impedes eating capacity
- •Disability that makes height assessment problematic
- •Family plans to move away or deregister child from Kako and Bukere primary schools within the school term.
研究组 & 干预措施
Yellow mealworm-enriched porridge
Participants receive a daily meal of yellow mealworm-enriched porridge, served in schools. The porridge provides 420 Kcal/serving
干预措施: Insect porridge (Other)
Maize porridge
Participants receive a standard maize porridge served in schools. This porridge is comparable to the porridge served in the parent-led school feeding program.
干预措施: Maize Porridge (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in linear growth based on absolute height gain over 3 months intervention period
时间窗: 3 months
Assessing the effect of the intervention on height gain measured in cm
次要结局
- Change in in Neopterin (NEO) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in weight over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in myeloperoxidase (MPO) over 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in alpha-1-anti-trypsin (AAT) over 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in BMI- for- age Z-score over 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in Height- for-age Z-score over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in Weight- for-age Z-score over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in Subscapular and Triceps skinfold thickness over 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in waist circumference measurement over 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in fat mass over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in fat free mass over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in fat mass index over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in fat free mass index over 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in C- reactive protein (CRP) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in insulin like growth factor (IGF-1) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in hemoglobin over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in ferritin over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in cobalamin over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in retinol binding protein (RBP) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in methyl malonic acid (MMA) over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)
- Change in citrulline over the 3 months intervention period(3 months)