An Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Weight Gain of Very Low Birth Weight Babies with or without Addition of Coconut Oil to Breast Milk

Arun, Sumitha; Kumar, Manish; Paul, Thomas; Thomas, Nihal; Mathai, Sarah; Rebekah, Grace; Thomas, Niranjan

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“…Recently, Sumitha et al, conducted a randomized control trial on 60 babies to evaluate weight gain by using coconut oil as a breast milk fortifier. Contrary to findings of other studiesthey could not find significant increase in any of the growth parameters 20 .…”

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Human Breast Milk Fortification With Skimmed Milk and Olive Oil for Weight Gain in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

Waqqas

Ahmed

Farrukh

et al. 2021

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Objective: To observe the effect of fortification of expressed human breast milk with olive oil and skimmed milk in improving weight gain in very low birth weight neonates and shortening their length of hospital stay. Study Design: A comparative prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore, from Mar 2018 to Mar 2019. Methodology: Neonates admitted with very low birth weight and gestational age of <34 weeks were included in study. Sixty babies were enrolled using non-probability consecutive sampling; random number table used to allocate them into a fortifycation group and a control group. The control group received expressed milk alone, while olive oil oneml twice daily and skimmed milk one gram in every third feed were added to expressed milk in the fortification group. Results: The study comprised of 60 neonates, with 30 in each of the groups. Weight gain was 24.83 ± 5.63 in the fortification group and 11.72 ± 3.95 in the control group (p≤0.001). Mean hospital stay was 20.57  16.511 in the fortification group and 27.67 ± 8.89 in the control group (p≤0.043). Conclusion: Olive oil and skimmed milk fortification of breast milk was effective for weight gain and reducing length of hospital stay in very low birth weight neonates.

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Human Breast Milk Fortification With Skimmed Milk and Olive Oil for Weight Gain in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

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Ahmed

Farrukh

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“…The study finding is in line with a study conducted by Sumitha Arun, Manish Kumar, et al (2019) which reported that oral supplementation of virgin coconut oil (VCO) together with breast milk did not increase growth parameters or changes in body composition among very low birth weight babies, particularly in weight gain, triceps skinfold thickness, increase in head circumference and body fat percentage (Arun et al, 2019).…”

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Effectiveness of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) on Changes in Weight and Height among Under-five Children with Stunting

Iswati

Nuraini

2023

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Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) is a type of vegetable oil that can facilitate the food digestion and nutrients absorption processes. VCO contains plus minus 10percent unsaturated fatty acids and plus minus 90percent saturated fatty acids. Besides fat, VCO also contains micronutrients. Administering VCO to under-five children with stunting aims to improve metabolic function so as to increase immunity, optimize growth and development and quality of child health status. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) on changes in body weight and height among under-five children with stunting. This was a Quasi-Experimental study with a Non Equivalent Control Group design. The samples involved 32 under-five children with stunting. The intervention by administering VCO at a dose of 1 X 5 ml before eating in the morning was conducted for 30 days. Data were analyzed using paired t-test. The results of the study found that administration of VCO was not proven to be effective in significantly increasing body weight (p equals 0.693) and height (p equals 0.548) among under-five children with stunting (p more than 0.05).

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An Open-label Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Weight Gain of Very Low Birth Weight Babies with or without Addition of Coconut Oil to Breast Milk

Abstract: Oral supplementation of coconut oil along with breast milk did not increase growth parameters or result in change in body composition in very low birth weight (VLBW) babies.

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Human Breast Milk Fortification With Skimmed Milk and Olive Oil for Weight Gain in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

Human Breast Milk Fortification With Skimmed Milk and Olive Oil for Weight Gain in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

Effectiveness of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) on Changes in Weight and Height among Under-five Children with Stunting

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