Elwood, Peter Creighton, Haley, T. J., Hughes, S. J., Sweetnam, P. M., Gray, O. P. and Davies, D. P. 1981. Child growth (0-5 years), and the effect of entitlement to a milk supplement. Archives of Disease in Childhood 56 (11) , pp. 831-835. 10.1136/adc.56.11.831 |
Abstract
Twelve hundred and fifty-one pregnant women were contacted and their infants followed to age 5 years. Nine hundred and fifty-one (76%) children completed the trial. Measurements were made of birthweight, length, head circumference, and triceps skinfold at 10 days, and of weight, height, head circumference, and triceps at 5 years. Throughout the entire period of the study half the families, selected at random, were supplied with milk tokens entitling the mother, while pregnant, and all children under age 5 years, to 1 pint of milk a day at half its current price. The tokens led to a small increase in milk purchases by the families and to a small increase in milk drunk by the children. However no effect was detected in any growth measurement either in the total group, or in a more "vulnerable" group of children from the largest families.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
ISSN: | 0003-9888 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2023 01:27 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72149 |
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