Ready-to-Use Supplemental Food for Nutritional Supplementation in Cystic Fibrosis
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Effect of Mass Supplementation with Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food during an Anticipated Nutritional Emergency
BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown the benefits of ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) distribution in reducing the incidence and prevalence of severe acute malnutrition. METHODS AND FINDINGS To compare the incidence of wasting, stunting and mortality between children aged 6 to 23 mo participating and not participating in distributions of RUSF, we implemented two exhaustive prospective...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Developments in Nutrition
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2475-2991
DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzz016