Impact of Food-to-Food Fortified Cereal Products on Diet Quality in Rural Niger Villages

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Assessment of staple intake in urban Nigerien households and children

  A quantitative, modified food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) will be used to assess consumption of starch rich staples (rice, wheat, corn sorghum, millet, fonio, potatoes, cassava, yams) for the whole household and children. This will be measured in g/day\*child. The investigators will ask #times/week eachstaple was consumed as well as the average portion size consumed each time (g).The caregiver will provide information about the child's frequency of consumption over the past week for each food group.

  3 months

• Assessment of the nutritional adequacy of Nigerien children

  Nutritional status of children in the household will be assessed using theFood Consumption Score Nutritional Quality Analysis (FCS-N) which wasbased on country-specific food groups. Food groups are orange fruits,orange vegetables, other fruits, eggs, dairy, organ meats, meat, fish,grains and legumes. Example of food items in the FCS-N assessment will be corroborated by a Nigerien maternal and child health expert. This will be measured in #times/week each food group was consumed.

  3 years

• Nutritional impact of a fortified cereal-based product for the improvement of micronutrient deficiencies among children aged 24-60 months.

  Fortified flour consumption will be assessed by fortified flours intake(g/child\*day). Micronutrient contribution will calculated by multiplying the amount of flour consumed/child \* (mg zinc/g flour), (mg iron/g flour) and(ug RAE vitamin A/g flour).

  3 months

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