Developing food supplements for moderately malnourished children: Lessons learned from ready-to-use therapeutic foods

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages S53-S58

  Briend, André ^a,b   Akomo, Peter ^c   Bahwere, Paluku ^c   De Pee, Saskia ^d   Dibari, Filippo ^d   Golden, Michael H ^e   Manary, Mark ^f   Ryan, Kelsey ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d World Food Programme   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Ready to use therapeutic foods; Stunting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; DISEASE TREATMENT; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALNUTRITION; MINERAL; PROTEIN; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ABNORMALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MILK; VITAMIN;

MINERAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VITAMIN;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY HEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ELEMENTAL DIET; FLATULENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLATULENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALNUTRITION; MINERALS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84930317297     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265150361S109     Document Type: Article

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