期刊
NUTRIENTS
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu11040730
关键词
malnutrition; home-fortification; motor development; language skills; personal-social skills; Zambia; spirulina; the first 1000 days
资金
- CARE International in Zambia under the Scaling Up Nutrition Programme
- Inamori Foundation
Early childhood development relies on various micronutrients. We recently reported that home fortification of complementary foods using spirulina reduced the time to attain motor milestones in Zambian infants. The objective of this study is to estimate the long-term associations between spirulina supplementation during the first 1000 days and child gross motor development, fine motor development, language, and personal-social skills at preschool age. We used longitudinal data from a randomized trial conducted in Zambia. In 2015, 501 infants (age, 6-18 months) were provided daily supplements of maize-soy-based porridge with spirulina (SP) and without spirulina (CON). Supplementation period lasted for 16 months. In January 2018, children who participated in the initial trial were resurveyed (CON: 182 children; SP: 188 children; now aged 36-48 months). We assessed the infants' gross motor development, fine motor development, language, and personal-social skills using a modified version of Malawi Development Assessment Tool. The initial clinical trial registration number was NCT03523182. Children in the SP group had higher scores in gross and fine motor development, language, and social skills than those in the CON group. Home fortification of complementary foods using spirulina during the first 1000 days improved development among Zambian children at preschool age.
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