Acceptability and Nutritional Impact of Double-fortified Salt Containing Iodine and Folic Acid

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

360

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 25, 2024

Primary Completion Date

December 16, 2024

Study Completion Date

December 16, 2024

Conditions
Folate DeficiencyIodine DeficiencyAnemia MacrocyticAnemia DeficiencySalt IntakeVitamin B 12 Deficiency
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Iodized salt

Masked, individually labeled 500-g containers of the study salts will be delivered to the participants' homes bi-weekly by field workers who will collect previously delivered salt containers during the same visit. Participants will be counseled to use the study salt for all food preparation and meal-time seasoning for all members of the household and not to share the salt with others or use it for non-food consumption purposes.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Experimental: Iodized salt with lower-dose folic acid fortification

Masked, individually labeled 500-g containers of the study salts will be delivered to the participants' homes bi-weekly by field workers who will collect previously delivered salt containers during the same visit. Participants will be counseled to use the study salt for all food preparation and meal-time seasoning for all members of the household and not to share the salt with others or use it for non-food consumption purposes.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Experimental: Iodized salt with higher-dose folic acid fortification

Masked, individually labeled 500-g containers of the study salts will be delivered to the participants' homes bi-weekly by field workers who will collect previously delivered salt containers during the same visit. Participants will be counseled to use the study salt for all food preparation and meal-time seasoning for all members of the household and not to share the salt with others or use it for non-food consumption purposes.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Ethiopian Public Health Institute

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

collaborator

University of Rhode Island

OTHER

collaborator

Nutrition International

OTHER

lead

University of California, Davis

OTHER