Recent Study on the Effects of Fortified Milks Documents Significant Reduction of Morbidity in Young Children
New research published in the British Medical Journal indicates that fortified milks, such as follow-on formulas, growing up milks or toddler milks, may significantly reduce childhood morbidity in developing countries. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Center for Micronutrient Research at Annamalai University in India have concluded in a study published November 28, in the online version of the British Medical Journal, that consumption of milk fortified with specific micronutrients significantly reduces the incidence of diarrhea and acute lower respiratory illness among children in peri-urban India. The milk, fortified with zinc, iron, selenium, copper, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, reduced the incidence as well as the number of days with severe illness.