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Zinc Supplementation and Child Growth by numisbrh is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effects of zinc supplementation on growth outcomes in children under 5 years of age, analyzing 78 randomized controlled trials with over 34,000 participants. Results indicated that while maternal zinc supplementation did not significantly improve birth weight, postnatal zinc supplementation led to increases in height, weight, and weight-for-age Z-scores, particularly for children aged 2 years and older. The findings suggest that zinc supplementation can
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- numisbrh
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