title: Effects of zinc supplementation on subscales of anorexia in children: A randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to assess the effects of zinc supplementation on improving the appetite and its subscales in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was conducted in 2013 in Isfahan, Iran. It had two phases. At the first step, after validation of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionaire (CEBQ), it was completed for 300 preschool children, who were randomly selected. The second phase was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. Eighty of these children were randomly selected, and were randomly assigned to two groups of equal number receiving zinc (10 mg/day) or placebo for 12 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall 77 children completed the trial (39 in the case and 3 in the control group).The results showed that zinc supplement can improve calorie intake in children by affecting some CEBQ subscales like Emotional over Eating and Food Responsible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Zinc supplementation had positive impact in promoting the calorie intake and some subscales of anorexia.
authors: Majid Khademian, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Majid
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authors: Khademian
authors: Neda Farhangpajouh, Resident of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Neda
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authors: Farhangpajouh
authors: Armindokht Shahsanai, Specialist in Community Medicine, Pediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Armindokht
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authors: Shahsanaee
authors: Maryam Bahreynian, MSc (Nutrition), Nutrition Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Maryam
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authors: Bahreynian
authors: Mehran Mirshamsi, MD, Pediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Mehran
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authors: Mirshamsi
authors: Roya Kelishadi, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Roya
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authors: Kelishadi
keywords: Anorexia; Children; Randomized controlled trial; Zinc