The analysis of randomised trials included more than 4600 children studied over 9–12 months of intervention, and its findings showed no evidence of any beneficial effect on weight-for-age or weight-for-height and only a marginally significant effect on height-for-age of less than a tenth of a standard deviation (0·08 Z score, 95% CI 0·00–0·16).
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Growth faltering in rural Gambian children after four decades of interventions: a retrospective cohort study.
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