Folic Acid Supplementation as an Appetizer in Primary Malnourished Egyptian Infants and Children

Phase 4UnknownNCT03040219

Ain Shams University100 enrolled

Overview

Folic acid as a appetizer in primary malnutrition

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Tablets

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 YearsMax age: 6 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Primary malnourished children Exclusion Criteria: * previous folic supplementation in the past 3 months

Marian girgis

Cairo, Egypt

Appetite

Child eating behaviour questionnaire

Time frame: Through study completion_ after 3 months from start of supplementation

Leptin and ghrelin hormone

Serum level

Time frame: 3 months

Marian Girgis

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