A lipid-based nutrient supplement but not corn-soy blend modestly increases weight gain among 6- to 18-month-old moderately underweight children in Rural Malawi

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2008-2013

  Thakwalakwa, Chrissie ^a   Ashorn, Per ^a,d   Phuka, John ^b   Cheung, Yin Bun ^c   Briend, André ^a   Puumalainen, Taneli ^e   Maleta, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; CORN OIL PLUS SOYBEAN OIL; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; SOYBEAN OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RURAL AREA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDERWEIGHT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEEZING; BABY FOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; MAIZE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PLANT SEED; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOYBEAN; STATISTICS;

ZEA MAYS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEEDS; SOYBEANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78149232789     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.122499     Document Type: Article

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