By Laura Manship | Executive Director
Dear Supporters of StS' Nutrition Project:
In 2021, we started working with Dr. Ana Palacios, Georgia Southern University, on a nutrition project we named: "Hens Hatching Hope: Un Huevo Cada Dia." The goal of the project was to see if children's health status would improve if they were to eat an egg a day.
Microloans were given to women so they could start small egg farms. The intervention group was 200 children who received an egg a day. The control group was 200 children who did not receive any eggs.
In November 2024, an article written by Dr. Ana Palacios was published in the journal Plos One.
Dr. Palacios reported this conclusion:
"Children in the intervention group reported consuming eggs more days per week relative to the control group. Lower odds of respiratory infections were observed in the intervention group throughout the study. Ongoing follow-up will offer more insights on the intervention’s effectiveness in linear growth, dietary diversity, food security, and other nutritional outcomes."
If you would like to read the entire article, the link can be found below.
With your support, we will continue to imrprove young children's health and nutrition with our project Hens Hatching Hope.
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By Laura Manship | Executive Director
By Laura Manship | Executive Director
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