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Effects of Cashew Nut (Anacardium Occidentale L.)

Seed Flour in Moderately Malnourished Children:

Randomized Clinical Trial

Cashew and Malnourished Children

Author(s): Ana Cristina Pereira de Jesus Costa, Mércia Kelly dos Santos
Silva, Samae Batista de Oliveira, Luana Leite Silva, Alessandra Cruz Silva,
Raidanes Barros Barroso, José de Ribamar Macedo Costa, Virlane Kelly
Lima Hunaldo, Marcelino Santos Neto, Lívia Maia Pascoal, Márcia Caroline
Nascimento Sá Ewerton Martins, Floriacy Stabnow Santos, Leonardo Hunal-
do dos Santos, Gledson Weslley Pereira Santos, Maria Aparecida Alves de
Oliveira Serra, Ariadne Siqueira de Araújo Gordon, Thiago Moura de Araújo,
and Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7222489/pdf/JNME2020-
6980754.pdf

Abstract
The monitoring and combined use of dietary supplements to restore ade- Conclusion
quate growth is paramount and highly recommended in child malnutrition, an
important public health problem. This study aimed to analyse the effects of Our study showed that a monthly
nutritional intervention consisting in the
cashew nut seed flour in children with moderate malnutrition treated at pri-
mary healthcare services. This is a randomised clinical trial conducted from use of cashew nut seed flour, during a
24-week period, had positive effects
April to October 2017 in the city of Imperatriz, Brazil. The sample comprised
30 children born at term, aged between 2 and 5 years, and newly diagnosed on glycated hemoglobin, HDL-C, and
LDL-C parameters in moderately mal-
with malnutrition (60 days or less), randomised into experimental and control
groups. The intervention consisted of a daily intake of cashew nut seed flour. nourished children.
There was an intragroup statistically significant difference in the glucose
levels of children who were assigned to the control group (p=0.02) and in the
glycated haemoglobin in the experimental group (p < 0.01). Intergroup analy-
sis of glycated haemoglobin levels showed statistically significant differences
in favour of the experimental group (p=0.01). HDL and LDL had, respectively,
increased and decreased in the experimental group.

The use of cashew nut seed flour in a 24-week period had positive effects
on glycated haemoglobin, HDL, and LDL parameters in moderately malnour-
ished children.

Acknowledgments
The authors sincerely thank the Clinical Analysis Laboratory of the Integrated
Women's Health Center for assistance with handling and preparing blood
samples; Federal University of Maranhão for the concession of equipment
and materials for the experiment; and all study participants for their time.
This research was funded by the Foundation for Research and Scientific and
Technological Development of Maranhão, Grant no. 01405/16.

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