Effects of emollient therapy with sunflower seed oil on neonatal growth and morbidity in Uttar Pradesh, India: a cluster-randomized, open-label, controlled trial

CONCLUSIONS: SSO therapy improved neonatal growth, and reduced morbidities when applied exclusively, across the facility-community continuum of care at population-level. Further research is needed to improve demand for recommended therapy inside hospital as well as in community settings, and to confirm these results in other settings. Clinical Trial Registry: The trial was registered at the ISRCTN (ISRCTN38965585) and CTRI (CTRI/2014/12/005282) registries with WHO UTN # U1111-1158-4665.PMID:34982820 | DOI:10.1093/ajcn/nqab430

Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - January 4, 2022 Category: Nutrition Authors: Vishwajeet Kumar Aarti Kumar Shambhavi Mishra Peiyi Kan Sana Ashraf Shambhavi Singh Keona J H Blanks Michael Baiocchi Mika Limcaoco Amit Kumar Ghosh Alok Kumar Raghav Krishna David K Stevenson Lu Tian Gary L Darmstadt Shivgarh Emollient Research Group Source Type: research