The purpose of the study is to assess the acceptability of the two lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) formulations containing no zinc and a high amount of zinc (10 mg zinc / 20 g dose of LNS). The hypothesis is that both products will be equally accepted by children and mothers.
We plan to conduct a series of acceptability studies to: 1) assess the amounts of zinc-free and high-zinc LNS consumed by children during direct observation, 2) compare their mothers' sensory assessments of the respective products, and 3) review maternal reports of their child feeding experiences during more prolonged home feeding trials.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
36
Lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) containing 10 mg zinc/20 g LNS dose
LNS containing no zinc
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Amount of each type of LNS formulation consumed by young children
Time frame: 3 days
Preference and detection of differences between LNS formulations among mothers
Time frame: 3 days
Acceptability of feeding LNS to young children at home
Time frame: 2 weeks
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