The aim of our study is to assess the effect of daily consumption of yogurt containing probiotic bacteria BB12 on the health and growth of healthy children 12-48 months of age in out of home child care.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
181
Probiotic yogurt dairy drink with Bifidobacterium Lactis and prebiotics. One bottle a day for 16 weeks.
Vanilla flavored dairy drink. One bottle a day for 16 weeks.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Days of illness symptoms, number, duration and severity of illness episodes, day care absenteeism, and parental work absenteeism
Time frame: 16 weeks
Health care utilization and illness related costs as measured by number of physician visits, ER visits, hospitalizations, and antibiotics use. Also, child growth and quality of life. Exploratory biomarker outcomes in stool.
Time frame: 16 weeks
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