2017
Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS)
Hess S, Peerson J, Becquey E, Abbeddou S, Ouédraogo C, Somé J, Jimenez E, Ouédraogo J, Vosti S, Rouamba N, Brown K. Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS). PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0181770. PMID: 28771493, PMCID: PMC5542440, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLipid-based nutrient supplementsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsMorbidity burdenHealth districtZinc supplementation studiesMonths of enrollmentCross-trial differencesCommunity-based trialCommunity health workersAge z-scoreNon-intervention control groupMonths old childrenAge-adjusted changesVillage-based community health workersType of interventionMean LAZMorbidity surveillanceNutrient supplementsBaseline characteristicsDiarrhea treatmentLNS groupMean ageChild morbidityZinc supplementationAnthropometric assessment
2015
Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, Regardless of Their Zinc Content, Increase Growth and Reduce the Prevalence of Stunting and Wasting in Young Burkinabe Children: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Hess S, Abbeddou S, Jimenez E, Somé J, Vosti S, Ouédraogo Z, Guissou R, Ouédraogo J, Brown K. Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements, Regardless of Their Zinc Content, Increase Growth and Reduce the Prevalence of Stunting and Wasting in Young Burkinabe Children: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0122242. PMID: 25816354, PMCID: PMC4376671, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsNon-intervention cohortPlacebo tabletsLipid-based nutrient supplementsYoung Burkinabe childrenOral rehydration saltsPrevalence of stuntingIncidence of diarrheaCluster-randomized trialPlasma zinc concentrationMonths of ageBaseline hemoglobinMorbidity surveillanceNutrient supplementsStandard careDiarrhea treatmentRehydration saltsAnemia prevalenceBurkinabe childrenIllness surveillanceAntimalarial therapyIntervention groupIllness treatmentZinc tabletsZinc levelsSmall-quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements, Together with Malaria and Diarrhea Treatment, Improve Growth and Development in Young Burkinabe Children
Hess S, Abbeddou S, Jimenez E, Some J, Prado E, Ouédraogo Z, Guissou R, Vosti S, Ouédraogo J, Brown K. Small-quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements, Together with Malaria and Diarrhea Treatment, Improve Growth and Development in Young Burkinabe Children. European Journal Of Nutrition & Food Safety 2015, 5: 715-716. DOI: 10.9734/ejnfs/2015/21046.Peer-Reviewed Original Research