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This study aims to investigate the effect of egg consumption on early childhood development using Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 in Burkina Faso.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002490_as2\">\n\t    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>The study presented here uses data collected during a follow-up of the <jats:italic>Un Oeuf<\/jats:italic>-a three-arm clustered randomised controlled trial (RCT), conducted roughly 4 months after the end of the RCT.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002490_as3\">\n\t    <jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>This research was conducted in eighteen rural villages within the Kaya Department of the Sanmatenga Province in Burkina Faso.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002490_as4\">\n\t    <jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Participants of this study include a total of 244 children aged between 18 and 33 months, with seventy-eight children in the full intervention group, eighty-three in the partial group, and eighty-three in the control group.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002490_as6\">\n\t    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Results show that children with consistent egg consumption (in all months) had a lower odd of falling below the cut-off scores in gross motor (<jats:inline-formula>\n\t\t<jats:alternatives>\n\t\t  <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S1368980024002490_inline1.png\"\/>\n\t\t  <jats:tex-math>\n${\\rm{OR}} = {\\rm 0\\!\\cdot\\!13},{\\it P} = \\rm{0\\!\\cdot\\!02}$\n<\/jats:tex-math>\n\t\t<\/jats:alternatives>\n\t      <\/jats:inline-formula>) and personal social skills (<jats:inline-formula>\n\t\t<jats:alternatives>\n\t\t  <jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S1368980024002490_inline2.png\"\/>\n\t\t  <jats:tex-math>\n${\\rm{OR}} = 0\\!\\cdot\\!34,{\\it P} =0 \\!\\cdot\\!05$\n<\/jats:tex-math>\n\t\t<\/jats:alternatives>\n\t      <\/jats:inline-formula>). And a dose\u2013response was established; for each additional egg\/week, a 1\u00b79 % increase in scores for problem-solving skills was observed.<\/jats:p>\n\t  <\/jats:sec>\n\t  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980024002490_as8\">\n\t    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n\t    <jats:p>Findings from this study contribute to a growing body of evidence that increasing egg consumption among children in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) can improve growth and development. 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