Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Appetite and Growth in Primary Malnourished Children

Phase 4UnknownNCT03098810

Ain Shams University50 enrolled

Overview

Zinc supplementation effect on appetite and growth of malnourished children

The investigators will do s. Zinc and letting before and after zinc supplementation

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Oral syrup zinc sulphate

Oral syrup placebo

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 YearsMax age: 10 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * primary malnourished Exclusion Criteria: * zinc supplementation in the previous 3 months Children with chronic disease

Appetite

Child eating behavior questionnaire

Time frame: From start of supplementation to the end of the three months of supplementation

Weight

Time frame: From start of supplementation to the end of the three months of supplementation

Height

Time frame: From start of supplementation to the end of the three months of supplementation

Marian Girgis

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