title: Designing snacks to address micronutrient deficiencies in rural Kenyan schoolchildren.
abstract: Three snacks were designed to improve nutrient intakes among school-age children living in rural Kenya. Snacks containing animal-source foods (milk and meat) provided more nutrients than an equicaloric vegetarian snack. The vegetarian snack provided extra vitamin A (primarily from fortified cooking fat; the milk snack was rich in calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin B-12; and the meat snack supplied vitamin B-12, iron, and zinc. When changes in intakes from baseline to the feeding period were compared across the 4 groups, total energy intake increased the most for children in the meat group and the least for children in the control group. Differences in energy intakes across the 3 feeding groups were primarily caused by decreases in home intake for the vegetarian and milk snack groups. It is important to evaluate the change in home intakes as well as intakes from the foods provided by the study when evaluating the effect of feeding programs on nutrient adequacy.
authors: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA. suzanne@crch.hawaii.edu
authors: Suzanne P
authors: SP
authors: Murphy
authors: Constance
authors: C
authors: Gewa
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Grillenberger
authors: Nimrod O
authors: NO
authors: Bwibo
authors: Charlotte G
authors: CG
authors: Neumann
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000172:deficiency*; D012424:Rural Population
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients