Last November, the British Medical Journal online magazine showed us a study in which they claim that Formula milks, growth milks or fortified milks for children, fortified with zinc, iron, selenium, copper, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, can help reduce infant morbidity in developing countries, reducing the incidence of acute respiratory diseases, diarrhea, etc.
30% of the world's population suffers from vitamin A, iron or iodine deficiency, other nutrients such as zinc, calcium, folic acid, are scarcer in the developing population. All these deficiencies, especially those of iron, collaborate negatively in the psychomotor development of children, which if not corrected soon, become irremediable. The study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Micronutrient Research Center at Annamalai University in India, evaluated children between 1 and 4 years of age in North India. Of the 633 children studied, 316 received enriched milk and the remaining 317 received the same amount of milk but not enriched.
The results of the study showed that diarrhea episodes in children who received enriched milk were 18% lower than those who received milk without specific micronutrients, while pneumonia was present in 26% less in children who maintained a milk diet. enriched In addition, children who became ill, thanks to enriched milk shortened the period of illness.
Child malnutrition is a serious threat to the health of children, and thanks to the provision of enriched milk, child morbidity could be alleviated in needy countries. We hope this study will help you get to work.
