Effectiveness of food supplements in increasing fat-free tissue accretion in children with moderate acute malnutrition: A randomised 2 × 2 × 3 factorial trial in Burkina Faso

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Fabiansen, Christian ^a,b   Yaméogo, Charles W ^a,c   Iuel Brockdorf, Ann Sophie ^a,b   Cichon, Bernardette ^a,b   Rytter, Maren J H ^a   Kurpad, Anura ^d   Wells, Jonathan C ^e   Ritz, Christian ^a   Ashorn, Per ^f   Filteau, Suzanne ^g   Briend, André ^a,f   Shepherd, Susan ^h   Christensen, Vibeke B ^b,i   Michaelsen, Kim F ^a   Friis, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c Public Health Research Institute for Health Sciences   (Burkina Faso)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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

^h Alliance for International Medical Action   (Senegal)

ⁱ Department of Paediatrics ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; DEUTERIUM; EMULSIFYING AGENT; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MALTODEXTRIN; MILK PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; SUGAR; VEGETABLE OIL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN SOY BLEND; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BASED NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILK; MODERATE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEANUT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOYBEAN MEAL; STUNTING; TOTAL BODY WATER; WEIGHT GAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BURKINA FASO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; SOYBEANS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85029667998     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002387     Document Type: Article

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