Effect of Preventive Supplementation With Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food on the Nutritional Status, Mortality, and Morbidity of Children Aged 6 to 60 Months in Niger: A Cluster Randomized Trial

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Context Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) are an important component of effective outpatient treatment of severe wasting. However, their effectiveness in the population-based prevention of moderate and severe wasting has not been evaluated. Objective To evaluate the effect of a 3-month distribution of RUTF on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity...
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Authors Sheila Isanaka;Nohelly Nombela;Ali Djibo;Marie Poupard;Dominique Van Beckhoven;Valérie Gaboulaud;Philippe J. Guerin;Rebecca F. Grais;
Journal JAMA
Year 2009
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2008.1018
Keywords
cachexia Child nutritional status posttreatment followup niger morbidity - disease rate National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't female male N.I.H. Extramural Child Infant infant mortality preschool nutritional status Randomized Controlled Trial Child Mortality developing countries growth morbidity niger food infant food* pmid:19155454 pmc3144630 doi:10.1001/jama.2008.1018 sheila isanaka nohelly nombela rebecca f grais child nutrition sciences formulated* wasting syndrome / prevention & control*

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