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dc.contributor.authorTaljaard, Christine
dc.contributor.authorCovic, Namukolo M.
dc.contributor.authorVan Graan, Averalda E.
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Herculina S.
dc.contributor.authorSmuts, Cornelius M.
dc.contributor.authorBaumgartner, Jeannine
dc.contributor.authorWright, Hattie H.
dc.contributor.authorJerling, Johann C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-20T10:19:09Z
dc.date.available2015-04-20T10:19:09Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationTaljaard, C. et al. 2013. Effects of a multi-micronutrient-fortified beverage, with and without sugar, on growth and cognition in South African schoolchildren: a randomised, double-blind, controlled intervention. British journal of nutrition. 110:2271-2284. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BJN]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0007-1145
dc.identifier.issn1475-2662 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/13703
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/effects-of-a-multimicronutrientfortified-beverage-with-and-without-sugar-on-growth-and-cognition-in-south-african-schoolchildren-a-randomised-doubleblind-controlled-intervention/DC330EC6BA90AB70596D48D394EFDF29
dc.identifier.urihttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23823584/
dc.description.abstractLittle is known about the effects of combined micronutrient and sugar consumption on growth and cognition. In the present study, we investigated the effects of micronutrients and sugar, alone and in combination, in a beverage on growth and cognition in schoolchildren. In a 2 £ 2 factorial design, children (n 414, 6–11 years) were randomly allocated to consume beverages containing (1) micronutrients with sugar, (2) micronutrients with a non-nutritive sweetener, (3) no micronutrients with sugar or (4) no micronutrients with a non-nutritive sweetener for 8·5 months. Growth was assessed and cognition was tested using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children version II (KABC-II) subtests and the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT). Micronutrients decreased the OR for Fe deficiency at the endpoint (OR 0·19; 95% CI 0·07, 0·53). Micronutrients increased KABC Atlantis (intervention effect: 0·76; 95% CI 0·10, 1·42) and HVLT Discrimination Index (1·00; 95% CI 0·01, 2·00) scores. Sugar increased KABC Atlantis (0·71; 95% CI 0·05, 1·37) and Rover (0·72; 95% CI 0·08, 1·35) scores and HVLT Recall 3 (0·94; 95% CI 0·15, 1·72). Significant micronutrient £ sugar interaction effects on the Atlantis, Number recall, Rover and Discrimination Index scores indicated that micronutrients and sugar in combination attenuated the beneficial effects of micronutrients or sugar alone. Micronutrients or sugar alone had a lowering effect on weight-for-age z-scores relative to controls (micronutrients 20·08; 95% CI 20·15, 20·01; sugar 20·07; 95% CI 20·14, 20·002), but in combination, this effect was attenuated. The beverages with micronutrients or added sugar alone had a beneficial effect on cognition, which was attenuated when provided in combination.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectAnthropometric statusen_US
dc.subjectchild micronutrient statusen_US
dc.subjectcognitive functionen_US
dc.subjectsugaren_US
dc.titleEffects of a multi-micronutrient-fortified beverage, with and without sugar, on growth and cognition in South African schoolchildren: a randomised, double-blind, controlled interventionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID12912654 - Covic, Namukolo Margaret
dc.contributor.researchID12843601 - Van Graan, Averalda Eldorine
dc.contributor.researchID10061568 - Kruger, Herculina Salome
dc.contributor.researchID20924445 - Smuts, Cornelius Mattheus
dc.contributor.researchID10075410 - Jerling, Johann Carl


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