NCT05440604

Nutrient and Immunity Status in Children Aged 3-5 Years Consuming Their Habitual Diet With or Without Fortified Milk

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (actual)
• Sponsor: Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN) · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 36 Months – 54 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study compares the status of key micronutrients (vitamins A, C, D, E, and zinc) in young children given investigational fortified milk versus young children consuming their habitual pattern of beverage intake (milk and non-milk beverages).

Detailed description

Hypothesis that Vitamin A, C, D, E and zinc status of children consuming 2 servings / day of fortified milk for 16 weeks will be better than those of children consuming their habitual pattern of beverage intake (milk and non-milk beverages, juices, sugar-sweetened drinks) for the same duration. This is based on previous study findings that (i) the toddler's and preschooler's diet, in reality, are often not optimal, putting toddlers and preschool age children at risk of insufficient intakes of several nutrients, and (ii) consuming fortified milk supplemented with these nutrients might provide optimal intakes of these nutrients.

Conditions

• Nutritional Status
• Child Nutrition Sciences
• Toddlers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fortified milk	Commercially available milk-based fortified beverage that has an updated profile of key micronutrients along with appropriate levels of protein and other macro- and micro- nutrients, in accordance with global and local nutritional recommendations

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-23
• Primary completion: 2022-12-14
• Completion: 2022-12-14
• First posted: 2022-07-01
• Last updated: 2023-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Philippines