Can optimal combinations of local foods achieve the nutrient density of the F100 catch-up diet for severe malnutrition?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-452

  Ferguson, Elaine L ^a   Briend, André ^b   Darmon, Nicole ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Nutrient density; Severe malnutrition; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM; COPPER; NICOTINIC ACID; PHYTATE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GHANA; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MILK; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GHANA; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALNUTRITION; MINERALS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROGRAMMING, LINEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 41449086599     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318156cf5c     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. World Health Organisation. Management of Severe Malnutrition: A Manual for Physicians and Other Senior Health Workers. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 1999.
2. Waterlow JC. Protein Energy Malnutrition. London: Edward Arnold; 1992.
3. Ciliberto MA, Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, et al. Comparison of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food with standard therapy in the treatment of malnourished Malawian children: a controlled, clinical effectiveness trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2005;81:864-70.
4. Briend A. Treatment of severe malnutrition with a therapeutic spread. Field Exchange 1997;2:15.
5. Prudhon C, Prinzo ZW, Briend A, et al. Proceedings of the WHO, UNICEF, and SNC Informal Consultation on Community-Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Children. Meeting report. Food Nutr Bull 2006;27:S99-104.
6. Khanum S, Ashworth A, Huttly SR. Controlled trial of three approaches to the treatment of severe malnutrition. Lancet 1994;344:1728-32.
7. Ashworth A. Efficacy and effectiveness of community-based treatment of severe malnutrition. Food Nutr Bull 2006;27:S24-8.
8. Dewey KG, Cohen RJ, Rollins NC. WHO technical background paper: feeding of nonbreastfed children from 6 to 24 months of age in developing countries. Informal Working Group on Feeding of Nonbreastfed Children. Food Nutr Bull 2004;25:377-402.
9. WHO-FAO. Codex Alimentarius specifications. Codex Standard for Infant Formula CODEX STAN 72-1981. 1981 (last revision 1997). http://www. codexalimentarius.net/web/standard_list.do?lang=en. Accessed May 28, 2007.
10. Calloway DH, Murphy SP. WorldFood Dietary Assessment System, INFOODS. Berkeley, University of California Computer Program. 1998. http://www.fao. org/infoods/software_overview_en.stm. Accessed May 28, 2007.
11. USDA, Agricultural Research Service. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. 2006. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search. Accessed May 28, 2007.
12. Ferguson EL, Gibson RS, Opare-Obisaw C, et al. The zinc, calcium, copper, manganese, nonstarch polysaccharides and phytate content of seventy-eight locally grown and prepared African foods. J Food Comp Anal 1993;6:87-99.
13. Briend A, Darmon N. Determining limiting nutrients by linear programming: a new approach to predict insufficient intakes from complementary foods. Pediatrics 2000;5:1288-90.
14. Briend A, Ferguson E, Darmon N. Local food price analysis by linear programming: a new approach to assess the economic value of fortified food supplements. Food Nutr Bull 2001;22:184-9.
15. Briend A, Darmon N, Ferguson E, et al. Linear programming: a mathematical tool for analyzing and optimizing children's diets during the complementary feeding period. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003;36:12-22.
16. UNDP-IAPSO. Emergency Relief Items: Compendium of Generic Specifications, Vol 1. Copenhagen: UNDP, 1995:107.
17. Darmon N, Ferguson E, Briend A. Linear and nonlinear programming to optimize the nutrient density of a population's diet: an example based on diets of preschool children in rural Malawi. Am J Clin Nutr 2002;75:245-53.
18. WHO/FAO/IAEA. Trace Elements in Human Nutrition and Health. Geneva: World Health Organisation, 1996.
19. Ashworth A, Millward DJ. Catch-up growth in children. Nutr Rev 1986;44:157-63.
20. Greco L, Balungi J, Amono K, et al. Effect of a low-cost food on the recovery and death rate of malnourished children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2006;43:512-7.
21. Ashraf H, Ahmed T, Hossain MI, et al. Day-care management of children with severe malnutrition in an urban health clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Trop Pediatr 2007;53:171-8.
22. Fox MK, Reidy K, Karwe V, et al. Average portions of foods commonly eaten by infants and toddlers in the United States. J Am Diet Assoc 2006;106:S66-76.