Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Complementary Feeding - A Global Network Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: The specific aims of this project is to determine the impact of a daily intake of one half ounce of lyophilized meat between 6-18 months of age (0.5 oz for 6-12 mo; 0.75 oz for 12-18 mo) on linear growth velocity, zinc and iron intakes and status, brain growth and neurocognitive development, and infectious disease morbidity in populations traditionally dependent on non-micronutrient fortified plant foods for complementary feeding.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* All the women of child-bearing age (15-44 years) living in the study area (4 100) will be visited monthly to assess early pregnancy and will be invited to participate in the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

* planning to move outside the district within the 2 years following the start of the trial.
* regularly using a contraceptive method.
* already pregnant at the start of the trial.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Boys and girls between ages 7-10.5 years
* Z score of height for age and weight for age of 0 to \< -3
* Good general health at screening
* Understands and is willing, able and likely to comply with all study procedures and restrictions
* Written informed consent from the parents/ guardians and writtent assent by the study participant

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe anemia (Hb\<8 g% )
* Cardiovascular disease on clinical examination or history
* Any underlying respiratory disease with impairment of lung function
* Physical disability Children consuming nutritional supplements (tonics, syrups, tablets or chews) and/ or health food drinks on a regular basis
* Recent history \[3mo\] of serious infections, injuries and/ or surgeries
* Participation in any nutritional study in the last 1 year
* Indication that they are likely to move within the period of study intervention
* Any known food allergies like peanut allergy, gluten allergy
* Family members of an employee of the Sponsor or the study site.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Inclusion criteria for clusters: Each cluster will be a rural community characterized by inhabitants with low income and served by one community health center. A primary criterion is that national or other available statistics indicate a prevalence of stunting (mean length for age Z-scores in second year \< -2) of at least 20% in young children.
* Inclusion criteria for individual families:

  * Infant aged 3-4 months;
  * Primarily or exclusively breast feeding with intent to continue breast feeding through at least 1 year.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclusion criteria for individual families: Exclusion criteria include any population/family that is receiving or likely to receive free or subsidized complementary foods (or infant formula) through the health system or NGOs; any individual families who are feeding or intend to feed fortified infant formula or micronutrient-fortified commercial complementary foods.
* Exclusion criteria for infants: Infants meeting the following criteria will be excluded from participation:

  1. known congenital anomaly;
  2. infant of multiple births;
  3. known neurological deficit apparent at the time of enrollment (including seizures).
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children aged 12-36 months at enrollment
* Resident of Sangam Vihar and likely to be in the area for 1 year.
* Parents consenting to participate in the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children who have been given complete therapeutic/preventive course of Iron in the last 6 months.
* Children currently as part of a different Iron/Zinc supplementation program.
* Children known to be allergic to milk.
* Children who are severely malnourished and requiring hospitalization.

Answer: C