GAIN and John Hopkins University about fortified yogurts in Bangladesh: preliminary results.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and John Hopkins University conducted a study to evaluate the impact of Shokti Doi, a Grameen Danone Foods Ltd’s fortified yogurt on the nutritional status and cognitive performance of school-aged children in Bangladesh.The first Shokti Doi cup was sold in 2007.
Five years after the beginning of this story, what can we say about impact?
“The yogurt, produced by Grameen Danone Foods, was supplied during one year to school children aged 6 to 9 years in the town of Gabtali in Bogra District, where Grameen Danone Foods has a factory. Every day, the children were fed one cup (60g) of the fortified yogurt to help meet their daily vitamin A, iron, zinc and iodine requirements. […]
Preliminary findings, which we presented at the 2011 XI Asian Congress of Nutrition in Bangkok, Thailand, show that micronutrient-fortified yogurt had a positive impact on children’s growth rate in terms of height. Computerized tests also revealed improved capacity of children to concentrate and learn.”
To find out more, read the entire interview of Dr. Sunil Sazawal, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on website of Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
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