Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children

Launched by ABBOTT NUTRITION · Apr 28, 2014

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. ≥ 36 months and \< 109 months of age.
• • 2. Healthy and not suffering from any physical disability.
• • 3. Height-for-age and BMI-for-age between the 5th and the 95th percentile; weight-for-age between the 5th and the 85th percentile.
• • 4. Capable of oral feeding.
• • 5. Has a mean score of greater than 3.0 on the fussiness category in the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire and also consumes on average less than the daily recommendations for at least 3 of 5 food groups (Dietary Guidelines for America, 2010).
• • 6. Willing to abstain from consuming non-study nutritional supplements during the study intervention period.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. History of an acute or chronic condition that may affect feeding habits or nutritional status.
• • 2. Taking any medications or nutritional supplements on a daily basis for more than 2 weeks during the past month that may profoundly affect feeding habits or nutritional status.
• • 3. Clinically significant nutritional deficiency requiring specific treatment with any other nutritional supplement.
• • 4. Any acute/chronic condition requiring medical treatment which may include hospitalization.
• • 5. Allergy or intolerance to any ingredient in the study product.
• • 6. Gastrointestinal infection, acute constipation or acute diarrhea.
• • 7. Hepatitis B or C, or HIV, or malignancy.
• • 8. Congenital cardiac defects.
• • 9. Dysphagia, aspiration risk or difficulty in swallowing due to acquired/congenital abnormalities.
• • 10. Parent(s)/LG of the subject has any clinically significant medical disease or physical/psychological condition that may interfere with protocol adherence or ability of the parent(s)/LG to give informed consent.