1. Introduction
intestinal dysbiosis, Protein-energy malnutrition, malnutrition
MALNUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL PROBLEM, PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION, MALNUTRITION
Protein-energy malnutrition still impacts children’s growth and development. We investigated the prolonged effects of egg supplementation on growth and microbiota in primary school children. For this study, 8–14-year-old students (51.5% F) in six rural schools in Thailand were randomly assigned into three groups: (1) whole egg (WE), consuming 10 additional eggs/week (Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is still a major nutritional problem in the world. It has repercussions on schoolchildren’s growth and development [In Thailand, the government has provided free lunch and milk every school day for primary school children since 1993 and malnutrition has improved over time [Malnutrition has been associated with intestinal dysbiosis [For example, the number of species in the 