Predictors of the amount of intake of Ready‐To‐Use‐Therapeutic foods among children in outpatient therapeutic programs in Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract Ready‐to‐use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) therapy is a standard protocol for treating children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) admitted in Out‐Patient Therapeutic Programmes (OTP). The amount of RUTF to be consumed by a child is based on weight (200 kcal/kg body weight/day) as stipulated in...

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Main Authors: Sophie Ochola, Irene A. Ogada, Colleta A. Odera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:Food Science & Nutrition
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2745