Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study
Abstract Objective: Recent studies have shown that inclusion of eggs in young children’s diet can help meet nutritional requirements associated with cognitive development. This study aims to investigate the effect of egg consumption on early childhood development using Ages and Stages Questionnair...
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Abstract
Objective:
Recent studies have shown that inclusion of eggs in young children’s diet can help meet nutritional requirements associated with cognitive development. This study aims to investigate the effect of egg consumption on early childhood development using Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 in Burkina Faso.
Design:
The study presented here uses data collected during a follow-up of the Un Oeuf-a three-arm clustered randomised controlled trial (RCT), conducted roughly 4 months after the end of the RCT.
Setting:
This research was conducted in eighteen rural villages within the Kaya Department of the Sanmatenga Province in Burkina Faso.
Participants:
Participants of this study include a total of 244 children aged between 18 and 33 months, with seventy-eight children in the full intervention group, eighty-three in the partial group, and eighty-three in the control group.
Results:
Results show that children with consistent egg consumption (in all months) had a lower odd of falling below the cut-off scores in gross motor (
${\rm{OR}} = {\rm 0\!\cdot\!13},{\it P} = \rm{0\!\cdot\!02}$
) and personal social skills (
${\rm{OR}} = 0\!\cdot\!34,{\it P} =0 \!\cdot\!05$
). And a dose–response was established; for each additional egg/week, a 1·9 % increase in scores for problem-solving skills was observed.
Conclusions:
Findings from this study contribute to a growing body of evidence that increasing egg consumption among children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) can improve growth and development. The study highlights the need for additional research in LMIC to better understand the multifactorial relationship between diet and childhood development.
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| spelling | doaj-art-dac80da01052435bb2c3ba76ef6a29002025-01-16T21:52:39ZengCambridge University PressPublic Health Nutrition1368-98001475-27272025-01-012810.1017/S1368980024002490Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf studyHelen Ernyey0Chhavi Tiwari1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2694-6702Heather Stark2Emma Hunniford3Aissata Wereme N’Diaye4Yacouba Zare5Anteneh Omer6Sarah Lindley McKune7College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611-7011, FL, USADepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USALaboratoire de Recherche en Production et Santé Animales (LaRePSA), Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Centre National de Recherches Scientifique et Technologique–(CNRST), Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoLaboratoire de Recherche en Production et Santé Animales (LaRePSA), Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Centre National de Recherches Scientifique et Technologique–(CNRST), Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoIndependent Nutrition Consultant, Hawassa, EthiopiaDepartment of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611-7011, FL, USA The Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Abstract Objective: Recent studies have shown that inclusion of eggs in young children’s diet can help meet nutritional requirements associated with cognitive development. This study aims to investigate the effect of egg consumption on early childhood development using Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 in Burkina Faso. Design: The study presented here uses data collected during a follow-up of the Un Oeuf-a three-arm clustered randomised controlled trial (RCT), conducted roughly 4 months after the end of the RCT. Setting: This research was conducted in eighteen rural villages within the Kaya Department of the Sanmatenga Province in Burkina Faso. Participants: Participants of this study include a total of 244 children aged between 18 and 33 months, with seventy-eight children in the full intervention group, eighty-three in the partial group, and eighty-three in the control group. Results: Results show that children with consistent egg consumption (in all months) had a lower odd of falling below the cut-off scores in gross motor ( ${\rm{OR}} = {\rm 0\!\cdot\!13},{\it P} = \rm{0\!\cdot\!02}$ ) and personal social skills ( ${\rm{OR}} = 0\!\cdot\!34,{\it P} =0 \!\cdot\!05$ ). And a dose–response was established; for each additional egg/week, a 1·9 % increase in scores for problem-solving skills was observed. Conclusions: Findings from this study contribute to a growing body of evidence that increasing egg consumption among children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) can improve growth and development. The study highlights the need for additional research in LMIC to better understand the multifactorial relationship between diet and childhood development. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980024002490/type/journal_articleEarly childhood developmentAges and Stages Questionnaire-3Clustered randomised controlled trialEggsAnimal source foodInfant and child nutritionLow-income countries |
| spellingShingle | Helen Ernyey Chhavi Tiwari Heather Stark Emma Hunniford Aissata Wereme N’Diaye Yacouba Zare Anteneh Omer Sarah Lindley McKune Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study Public Health Nutrition Early childhood development Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 Clustered randomised controlled trial Eggs Animal source food Infant and child nutrition Low-income countries |
| title | Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study |
| title_full | Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study |
| title_fullStr | Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study |
| title_short | Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: evidence from Un Oeuf study |
| title_sort | effect of egg consumption on early childhood development evidence from un oeuf study |
| topic | Early childhood development Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 Clustered randomised controlled trial Eggs Animal source food Infant and child nutrition Low-income countries |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980024002490/type/journal_article |
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