Peanut-based ready-to-use therapeutic food: How acceptable and tolerated is it among malnourished pregnant and lactating women in Bangladesh?

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1028-1035

  Ali, Engy ^a   Zachariah, Rony ^a   Shams, Zubair ^a   Manzi, Marcel ^a   Akter, Tajmary ^a   Alders, Petra ^b   Allaouna, Malik ^b   Delchevalerie, Pascale ^b   Harries, Anthony D ^c,d  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Bangladesh; Plumpy'nut; Pregnant and lactating women; RUTF

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; PEANUT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ARACHIS; FAST FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODOR; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ARACHIS; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODORS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942551774     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12050     Document Type: Article

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