This study is intended to compare growth, nutritional status, and brain development in children fed an Investigational cow's milk based formula containing a nutrient-rich whey protein, a standard cow's milk based formula, or fed exclusively breast milk.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
582
Instituto de Nutricion y Tecnologia de los Alimentos
Santiago, Chile
Body weight
Time frame: 24 months
Auditory Event-related Potential
Time frame: 24 months
Body length
Time frame: 24 months
Head circumference
Time frame: 24 months
Dietary Intake
Time frame: 24 months
Medically confirmed adverse events
Time frame: 24 months
Body Composition: Air Displacement Plethysmography
Time frame: 6 months
Body Composition: Deuterium Dilution
Time frame: 12 and 24 months
Blood sample: Micronutrient status
Time frame: 24 months
Blood sample: Metabolic markers
Time frame: 24 months
Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development
Time frame: 12 months
Sleep measures (Amount of time awake & asleep in a 7-day period)
Time frame: 24 months
Language development: Native3 Phoneme Repertory
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Time frame: 12 months
Language development: Word Discovery
Time frame: 10 months
Language development: Rule Inference
Time frame: 10 months
Language development: MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory
Time frame: 24 months