Hospital based nutrition rehabilitation of severely undernourished children using energy dense local foods

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 687-693

  Mamidi, Raja Sriswan ^a   Kulkarni, Bharati ^a   Radhakrishna, K V ^a   Shatrugna, Veena ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Children; In patient; India; Nutrition rehabilitation; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78650996572     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0101-7     Document Type: Article

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