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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 9, 143-147, Copyright © 1961 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.
1 From the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), Guatemala City, Guatemala
The administration of 60 gm. of reconstituted dried milk powder daily for twenty-eight weeks had no effect on initial serum cholesterol levels of 101 rural Guatemalan school children. In a related study 30 gm. of fat were given children twice daily in a fried bean and tortilla supplement providing a total of approximately 400 calories. In one (SLC) village, nineteen children received lard (forty-five weeks) and twenty-seven, hydrogenated cottonseed oil (twenty-six weeks); in another (SMC) village all 105 were given cottonseed oil (eighteen weeks). No significant effect on serum cholesterol levels was noted with any of the supplements. Neither frequency of attendance nor gain in weight influenced these results.
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