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
Sheila Isanaka;Nohelly Nombela;Ali Djibo;Marie Poupard;Dominique Van Beckhoven;Valérie Gaboulaud;Philippe J. Guerin;Rebecca F. Grais;
JAMA2009Vol. 301pp. 277-285
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Abstract
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...