Impact of Fortified Malt-Based Food on Immunity Outcomes in School Children in India: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
The findings highlight the extent of nutritional inadequacies in Indian school-age children, reaffirming the need for nutritional strategies to optimize the nutritional status among these children. A cluster RCT design can be effectively used in nutritional intervention trials with children by maintaining high compliance and retention.
Authors
- Anuradha Vaman Khadilkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-3235)
- Devyani Chaturvedi
- Pankaj Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2819-2449)
- Jaladhi Bhatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2983-5145)
- Vinay Rawat
- Vivek Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-9291)
Institutions
- Jehangir Hospital (IN)
- GlaxoSmithKline (India) (IN)
- Unilever (United States) (US)
- Unilever (India) (IN)
- Jehangir Clinical development Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/54189
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00