Does a short term nutritional supplementation prevent malnutrition in ill children? Effectiveness of nutritional supplementation (ready-to-use therapeutic food and multi micronutrients) of 2 weeks in preventing malnutrition in children 6-59 months with infection (malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea)
It has been generally recognised that sick children have an increased risk on malnutrition. An activated immune system requires more nutrients while illness is often associated with a lower absorption and decreased consumption because of lack of appetite. When these increased needs are not balanced...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | en |
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Universite Libre de Bruxelles
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/242533 |