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Local food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation improve linear growth and cognitive development among Indonesian infants aged 6 to 9 months.
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Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Mar2017, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p97-103. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- <bold>Background and Objectives: </bold>To evaluate the effect of culturally-relevant food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation on infant growth and development.<bold>Methods and Study Design: </bold>A community-based randomized controlled trial was conducted in 40 clusters from 5 selected villages in Tanah Datar District of West Sumatera, Indonesia. We assessed 355 infants aged 6 to 9 months at the beginning of the study. The infants were divided into 4 groups: 1) Food Supplementation (FS); 2) Psychosocial Stimulation (PS); 3) Food Supplementation and Psychosocial Stimulation (FS+PS); and 4) Control Group (CG). The formula food supplement was comprised of a variety of local food sources (local MP-ASI) and adjusted for the local habits. The quality of psychosocial stimulation was assessed with the Infant HOME inventory method. Progress at 6 months was assessed by anthropometry and the Bayley scores of cognition, language and motor function.<bold>Results: </bold>There were improvements in linear growth, cognitive and motor development of children in the FS (p<0.05) and the FS+PS (p<0.01) groups compared to the CG. After six months of intervention, mean length increased to 6.86±2.08 cm and 6.66±2.41 cm for FS and FS+PS respectively (p<0.05). With the combination of food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation (FS+PS), cognitive development increased to 21.4±12.2 points (effect size 0.56) (p<0.01) and motor development increased to 20.7±18.4 points (effect size 0.50) (p<0.001).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Combined intervention with local food supplementation and psychosocial stimulation improved infant growth, cognitive and motor development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DIETARY supplements
*COGNITIVE development
*INFANT growth
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
*PSYCHOLOGICAL adjustment testing
*ANTHROPOMETRY
*BABY foods
*CHILD development
*COGNITION
*COMPARATIVE studies
*DIET
*DISEASES
*FOOD
*INFANTS
*LANGUAGE acquisition
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*MOTOR ability
*NUTRITIONAL requirements
*PSYCHOLOGY
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH
*EVALUATION research
*FERRANS & Powers Quality of Life Index
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09647058
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120964601
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.102015.10