CHANGES OF ANTHROPOMETRY INDICATORS OF CHILDREN 6-23 MONTHS SUPPLEMENTED WITH BIBOMIX MULTI-MICRONUTRIENT POWDER AFTER TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF HA NAM PROVINCE IN 2016-2018

Van Dzung NGUYEN, Thi Thinh NGUYEN, Van Phu PHAM1,
1 National Institute of Nutrition

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Abstract

After 6 months of intervention with supplementation of Bibomix, the length increase
of boys in intervention group was 0.25 cm more than that of the control group; the
length increase of girls was 0.38 cm more than that of the control group; however, no
statistically significant difference was found in all comparisons. The weight increase
of boys in the intervention group was 0.21 kg more than the control group; the weight
increase of the girls in intervention group was 0.38 kg more than the control group; The
difference in weight gain of intervention group compared to the control group in both
boys and girls was statistically significant (p=0.0000). HAZ-Scores, WAZ-Scores of
children in the intervention group increased by 0.19; 0.22 (respectively) compared with
the control group; with significant difference (p=0.0000 in all comparisons).

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