Cracking the Egg Potential: Improving Young Child Nutrition in Ecuador
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 171
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Serum/plasma concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and amino acids
研究概览
简要总结
The proposed study will fill an important gap in the literature by examining, through a randomized controlled trial, the effect of egg consumption on biochemical markers of choline, vitamin B-12, lipids, and amino acids in young children in a poor rural area of Ecuador. Children from Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador (n=180) will be randomized into one of two groups: 1) intervention, receiving one egg per day for six months; or 2) control. Baseline and endline data on socio-economic factors, and child diet, morbidities, and anthropometry will be collected. Blood will also be drawn from the children at these time points for nutrient biomarker analyses. Through qualitative research the proposed study will provide insight into the attitudes, beliefs, and use of eggs by mothers and other caregivers during the complementary feeding period. The University of San Francisco in Quito (USFQ) will be the lead field coordinator of the research working in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and University of California, Davis.
详细描述
OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: Test the efficacy daily egg consumption for six months on the macro- and micronutrient status of young children from an indigenous community in Ecuador.
1a. Measure serum concentration of micronutrient biomarkers: choline; betaine; and vitamin B12.
- b. Measure serum concentrations of macronutrient biomarkers: lipids (total free and esterified); and amino acids.
Objective 2: Characterize attitudes, beliefs, and use of eggs during the complementary feeding period. 2. a. Describe existing attitudes, beliefs, and use of eggs in young child diets in Ecuador.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Months 至 9 Months（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •child is healthy and between the age of 6 months to 9 months
排除标准
- •age of child
- •any reactions to eating to eggs, a rash, hives, difficulty breathing
研究组 & 干预措施
Treatment
Egg supplementation
干预措施: Egg supplementation (Other)
Control
Control group
结局指标
主要结局
Serum/plasma concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and amino acids
时间窗: 6 months
Venous blood collection
Serum/plasma concentrations of B12, choline, and betaine
时间窗: 6 months
Venous blood collection
次要结局
- Frequency of consumption of eggs, other animal source foods, and dietary diversity more broadly in the child's diet in Pastocalle.(6 months)
- Attitudes, beliefs, and use of eggs in Pastocalle during the complementary feeding period.(6 months)