A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Ready-to-Use Supplementary Foods Demonstrates Benefit of the Higher Dairy Supplement for Reduced Wasting in Mothers, and Differential Impact in Infants and Children Associated With Maternal Supplement Response

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 275-290

  Schlossman, Nina ^a,b   Brown, Carrie ^b   Batra, Payal ^b   de Sa, Augusto Braima ^c,d   Balan, Ionela ^c,d   Balan, Adrian ^c,d   Gamache, Madeleine G ^b   Wood, Lauren ^a   Pruzensky, William ^c,d   Saltzman, Edward ^b   Roberts, Susan B ^b   Balé, Carlito ^c,d  

^a Global Food and Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Partnership for Human Development   (United States)

^d NONE   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

dairy; Guinea Bissau; HAZ; preschool; protein; retinol binding protein; RUSF; undernutrition; vitamin A; WAZ

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIPID; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; VITAMIN;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030258885     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572117700754     Document Type: Article

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