Cereals and pulse-based ready-to-use therapeutic food as an alternative to the standard milk- and peanut paste-based formulation for treating severe acute malnutrition: A noninferiority, individually randomized controlled efficacy clinical trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1145-1161

  Bahwere, Paluku ^a,b   Balaluka, Bisimwa ^c,d   Wells, Jonathan C K ^e   Mbiribindi, Chobohwa N ^c   Sadler, Kate ^a   Akomo, Peter ^f   Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle ^b   Collins, Steve ^a  

^a VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c Lwiro Natural Science Research Centre   (Congo)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Valid Nutrition   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bioimpedance analysis; Cereals; Deuterium oxide; Efficacy; Hemoglobin; Milk; Pulses; Ready to use therapeutic food; Severe acute malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAIZE; MALNUTRITION; MILK; PEANUT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EFFICACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READY TO USE THERAPEUTIC FOOD; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; WEIGHT GAIN; ARACHIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; EDEMA; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD GRAIN; FOOD HANDLING; IMPEDANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINO ACIDS; ARACHIS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; EDIBLE GRAIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MILK SUBSTITUTES; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SORGHUM; SOYBEANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84962692613     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.119537     Document Type: Article

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