Changes in clinical ocular signs of vitamin A deficiency of underprivileged school age children (7–15 years) after a mega dose of the vitamin

Improved Effect of School Meals with Micronutrient Supplementation and Deworming

“…Vitamin A deficiency was associated with significantly more episodes of upper respiratory tract infections; supplementation helped control these episodes. A package of anthelmintics, iron, and vitamin A supplementation was established and showed clear benefits [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Similar published reports on the poor health and nutrition status of children aged 6-15 years were available from different parts of India [15][16][17][18][19][20] and from outside India [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30].…”

“…To sample children aged 6-15 years, 10 age categories were used (6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, and 15 years). For each age category, 25 children from the urban schools and 6-7 children from the rural schools were enrolled for the baseline evaluation based on the children's and their parents' cooperation.…”