Trial reportPublic health nutrition2023
Effects of egg as an early complementary food on growth of 6- to 9-month-old infants: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Public health nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05168085 (Randomised Controlled Trial to Test and Build Evidence Base for Providing Eggs as an Early Complementary Food to Promote Child Growth), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Randomised Controlled Trial to Test and Build Evidence Base for Providing Eggs as an Early Complementary Food to Promote Child Growth: Eggcel-growth Study
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Childhood malnutrition, rickets, and anemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis on global prevalence, determinants, and public health implications.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of egg-based supplementation on child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Pooled it
- Daily Complementary Feeding With Eggs Improves Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Infants.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Trial
- Daily egg intake may reduce sensitisation to common allergenic foods among six- to nine-month-old south African infants: A randomized controlled trial.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025Trial
- Higher infant dietary diversity is associated with a reduced risk of stunting in the second year among a longitudinal cohort of HIV-unexposed and HIV-exposed but uninfected Kenyan children.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Eggs and Associated Nutrients: Implications for Brain Development and Function From Conception to Early Adulthood: A Narrative Review.Nutrition bulletin · 2026Review
- Effect of eggs on Maya child development and growth: the Saqmolo' Project randomized clinical trial.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Systems biology insights into the molecular drivers of childhood stunting and implications for intervention.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effect of daily egg consumption for six months on linear growth (primary outcome), weight-for-age, weight-for-length, mid-upper arm circumference-for-age, head circumference-for-age Z-scores, gross motor milestones development, anaemia and iron status (secondary outcomes) in a low socioeconomic community.
participantsInfants aged 6 to 9 months living in the peri-urban Jouberton area, in the Matlosana Municipality, South Africa.
designA randomised controlled trial with a parallel design was implemented. Eligible infants were randomly allocated to the intervention (
resultsBaseline prevalence of stunting, underweight, wasting, overweight and anaemia was 23·8 %, 9·8 %, 1·2 %, 13·8 % and 29·2 %, respectively, and did not differ between groups. Overall, 230 and 216 participants in the intervention and control groups completed the study, respectively. There was no intervention effect on length-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length Z-scores, gross motor milestone development, anaemia and iron status.
conclusionsDaily egg intake did not affect linear growth, underweight, wasting, motor milestones development, anaemia and iron status. Other interventions are necessary to understand the effect of animal-source food intake on children's growth and development. This trial was registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ (NCT05168085).
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