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

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
Subjects:
adequate intake of Ready‐to‐Use Therapeutic food (RUTF)
children 6–23 months of age
determinants
outpatient therapy program
predictors
severe acute malnutrition
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2745

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