Corn-soy vitamin and mineral fortified blended foods (FBFs) are primarily used for food aid, although sorghum and cowpea may be suitable alternative FBF commodities. The objective of the Micronutrient Fortified Food Aid Pilot Project (MFFAPP) Tanzania Efficacy Study is to determine whether newly formulated, extruded sorghum- and cowpea-based FBFs have equal, or better, nutritive value and acceptance compared to a traditional corn-soy blend. The effectiveness of each blend will be determined in an efficacy study of Tanzanian children under the age of 5 that are deficient, or at risk for deficiency, in iron and vitamin A.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2,179
Hemoglobin Change
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
Dried blood spot retinol binding protein change
Assessment of vitamin A status
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
Height-for-age change
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
Weight-for-age change
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
Weight-for-height change
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
Moderate malnutrition status change
Weight-for-age between -3 and -2 z-scores below the median of the WHO child growth standards
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
Mid-upper arm circumference change
Time frame: 0, 10, 20 weeks (baseline, midline, and end line)
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