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Animal source foods improve dietary quality, micronutrient status, growth and cognitive function in Kenyan school children: background, study design and baseline findings.

Neumann, CG; Bwibo, NO; Murphy, SP; Sigman, M; Whaley, S; Allen, LH; Guthrie, D; Weiss, RE; Demment, MW (2003)

A previous longitudinal three-country study in Egypt, Kenya and Mexico found significant positive associations between intake of animal source foods (ASF) and growth, cognitive development and physical activity. To test ...

Kenyan school children have multiple micronutrient deficiencies, but increased plasma vitamin B-12 is the only detectable micronutrient response to meat or milk supplementation.

Siekmann, JH; Allen, LH; Bwibo, NO; Demment, MW; Murphy, SP; Neumann, CG (2003)

Animal source foods (ASF) can provide micronutrients in greater amounts and more bioavailable forms compared to plant source foods, but their intake is low in many poor populations. However, the impact of ASF on micronutrient ...