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 of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A cluster randomized trial of 12 villages in Maradi, ...

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Authors: Isanaka, S; Nombela, N; Djibo, A; Poupard, M; Van Beckhoven, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: JAMA
• Volume: 301
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 277-285
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.1018
• EISSN: 1538-3598
• ISSN: 0098-7484
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child Nutrition Sciences; Child Mortality; Female; Niger; Infant Mortality; Wasting Syndrome; Developing Countries; Male; Child, Preschool; Nutritional Status; Food, Formulated; Growth; Humans; Morbidity; Infant; Infant Food