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).

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).

Of two community-based trials among young children in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso, one found that small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) increased child growth compared with a non-intervention control group, but zinc supplementation did not in the second study.We expl...

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Main Authors: Sonja Y Hess, Janet M Peerson, Elodie Becquey, Souheila Abbeddou, Césaire T Ouédraogo, Jérôme W Somé, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, Stephen A Vosti, Noël Rouamba, Kenneth H Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5542440?pdf=render

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