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Chapter 4 – <strong>Milk</strong> <strong>and</strong> dairy products as part of the diet 113<br />

than their better-fed peers, <strong>and</strong> teenagers (children close to or just <strong>in</strong> their pubertal<br />

growth spurt) also benefited more.<br />

Childhood growth can be separated <strong>in</strong>to growth dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>fancy, childhood<br />

<strong>and</strong> puberty (Karlberg, 1987). However, the design of most studies does not allow<br />

one to dist<strong>in</strong>guish between the prepubertal period (with a relatively low growth<br />

velocity) <strong>and</strong> puberty (when growth velocity varies considerably <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>cludes the<br />

peak height-growth velocity). Therefore, <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g sections we first present<br />

studies on preschool children, followed by studies on school-aged children (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

pre-, peri- <strong>and</strong> postpubertal children). In preschool children, growth velocity<br />

is still high (especially dur<strong>in</strong>g the first years) <strong>and</strong> an effect of cow milk might be<br />

more pronounced dur<strong>in</strong>g this period (Hoppe, Mølgaard <strong>and</strong> Michaelsen, 2006). We<br />

separately address the effects of milk/dairy on (l<strong>in</strong>ear) growth <strong>in</strong> undernourished<br />

children <strong>and</strong> well-nourished children. We focus on studies deal<strong>in</strong>g with l<strong>in</strong>ear<br />

growth (rather than cognitive growth or weight), although weight changes when<br />

reported as part of those studies are <strong>in</strong>cluded.<br />

Chapter 7 discusses the role of ASF, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> particular milk, with respect to<br />

energy, prote<strong>in</strong>, micronutrients <strong>and</strong> essential fatty acids <strong>and</strong> childhood growth.<br />

4.3.1 Studies on the effect of milk <strong>and</strong> dairy products on l<strong>in</strong>ear growth<br />

<strong>in</strong> undernourished or socio-economically underprivileged children<br />

Preschool children<br />

Intervention studies<br />

He et al. (2005) reported the results of a r<strong>and</strong>omized controlled trial (RCT) carried<br />

out <strong>in</strong> Beij<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>in</strong>volved 402 preschool children (aged three to five years) whose<br />

height-for-age <strong>and</strong>/or weight-for-age were less than the reference level. The children<br />

were divided r<strong>and</strong>omly <strong>in</strong>to a yoghurt supplemented group (125 g yoghurt for five<br />

days a week) or control group (no supplementation). Children <strong>in</strong> the yoghurtsupplemented<br />

group ga<strong>in</strong>ed significantly more height than those <strong>in</strong> the control<br />

group after receiv<strong>in</strong>g yoghurt for three, six <strong>and</strong> n<strong>in</strong>e months (P

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