Linear Programming Approach to Develop Local Specific Food-based Complementary Feeding Recommendation

SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Problem Nutrients; Anemia; Linear Programming; Stunting; Infant and Young Children; Complementary Feeding Recommendation; Indonesia

Treatments: Behavioral: Enhanced NE; Behavioral: Standard NE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03895164

LPBadutaSM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Stunting and anemia amongst under-two children are attributable to poor nutrient intakes. The study evaluates the effectiveness of nutrition education on local specific food-based complementary feeding recommendation (CFR) to improve dietary patterns and nutritional intakes, as well as reduce stunting and anemia among under-two children.

Enrollment: 926 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 11 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 6-11 months old at baseline
• living in selected area during the study
• apparently healthy
• willing to take part in the study and taken venous blood sample by getting signed consent from parents

Exclusion criteria

• the child does not present during venous blood sample collection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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926 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Standard NE

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control Group will receive standard nutrition education package from primary health care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard NE

Enhanced NE

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention Group will receive standard nutrition education package from primary health care enhanced with local specific food-based complementary feeding recommendation

Treatment:

Behavioral: Enhanced NE