A Randomized Trial of Iron-Biofortified Pearl Millet in School Children in India [Community and International Nutrition]

Conclusions: Fe-PM significantly improved iron status in children by 4 mo compared with Control-PM. This study demonstrated that feeding Fe-PM is an efficacious approach to improve iron status in school-age children and it should be further evaluated for effectiveness in a broader population context. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02152150.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - July 1, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Finkelstein, J. L., Mehta, S., Udipi, S. A., Ghugre, P. S., Luna, S. V., Wenger, M. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Przybyszewski, E. M., Haas, J. D. Tags: Community and International Nutrition Source Type: research