Improvement the infection status and gastrointestinal after using nutrition products on 2-4 years of age in Bac Kan province

Abstract

Controlled community intervention study to evaluate the effectiveness of nutritional products on upper respiratory infections and gastrointestinal in children 2-4 years of ages after 5 months of intervention in 4 communes in Cho Moi district, BacKan. Healthy 2-4 years old children were randomly divided into 2 groups, the intervention group was given 2 packages/ day (34 grams / pack) for 5 months, the control group followed the diet normal and don’t use nutritional products. The infants in the study were evaluated before and after the intervention for their respiratory infections, diarrhea and constipation. After 5 months of intervention, the average number of episodes of upper respiratory infection was 2.5 in the intervention group while the control group was 3.6 (p <0.01). Based on the number of days infected with upper respiratory tract infection in 5 months, the intervention group had less number of infected days than the control group (p <0.05). The rate of upper respiratory infections with number of episodes > 3 times/5 months in the control group was higher than the intervention group (p <0.05). The percentage of children with constipation (at least 1 time/5 months) in the intervention group was signifcantly lower than the control group, p <0.05. Using 2 packets/day for 5 months to effectively improve nutritional status and respiratory, digestive infections of children 2-4 years old.