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Accepted manuscript

Effect of egg consumption on early childhood development: Evidence from Un Oeuf study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Helen Ernyey ,
Chhavi Tiwari Open the ORCID record for Chhavi Tiwari [Opens in a new window] ,
Heather Stark ,
Emma Hunniford ,
Aissata Wereme N’Diaye ,
Yacouba Zare ,
Anteneh Omer  and
Sarah Lindley McKune
Helen Ernyey
Affiliation:
College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Chhavi Tiwari
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Heather Stark
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Emma Hunniford
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Aissata Wereme N’Diaye
Affiliation:
Laboratoire 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 Faso
Yacouba Zare
Affiliation:
Laboratoire 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 Faso
Anteneh Omer
Affiliation:
Independent Nutrition Consultant, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Sarah Lindley McKune*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA The Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
*
Corresponding author: Sarah Lindley McKune, Mailing Address : 1225 Center Drive, PO BOX 100182, Gainesville, FL, USA 32611, Email: smckune@ufl.edu
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Abstract

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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 (ECD) using Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3(ASQ-3) in Burkina Faso.

Design:

The study presented here uses data collected during a follow-up of the Un Oeuf-a 3 arm clustered randomized controlled trial (RCT), conducted roughly four months after the end of the RCT.

Setting:

This research was conducted in 18 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 18-33 months, with 78 children in the full intervention group, 83 in the partial group, and 83 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 (OR = 0.13, p = 0.02) and personal social skills (OR = 0.34, p = 0.05). 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 LMICs can improve growth and development. The study highlights the need for additional research in LMICs to better understand the multifactorial relationship between diet and childhood development.

Keywords

early childhood developmentASQ-3clustered randomized controlled trialeggsanimal source foodinfant and child nutritionlow-income countries
Type
Research Paper
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Public Health Nutrition , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 31
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