Extending supplementary feeding for children younger than 5 years with moderate acute malnutrition leads to lower relapse rates

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 544-549

  Trehan, Indi ^a   Banerjee, Somalee ^a   Murray, Ellen ^a   Ryan, Kelsey N ^a   Thakwalakwa, Chrissie ^b   Maleta, Kenneth M ^b   Manary, Mark J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anthropometry; children; long term outcomes; Malawi; mid upper arm circumference; moderate acute malnutrition; ready to use supplementary food; wasting; weight for height z score

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; STUNTING; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT HEIGHT RATIO; BODY SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT NUTRITION; MALAWI; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; BODY SIZE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927174032     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000639     Document Type: Article

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