Supplemental feeding with ready-to-use therapeutic food in Malawian children at risk of malnutrition

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-357

  Patel, Monica P ^a   Sandige, Heidi L ^b   Ndekha, MacDonald J ^c   Briend, André ^d   Ashorn, Per ^e   Manary, Mark J ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child growth; Child nutrition; Child nutrition disorders; Comparative studies; Food fortified; Food supplementation; Infant food; Infant growth; Infant nutrition; Infant nutrition disorders; Malawi; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SUGAR; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOYBEANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZEA MAYS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645344325     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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