Protein quality in ready‐to‐use supplementary foods for moderate wasting

• Main Authors: Rebecca Roediger (Author), Hans‐Henrik Stein (Author), Meghan Callaghan‐Gillespie (Author), Jeffrey Kahn Blackman (Author), Kristin Kohlmann (Author), Kenneth Maleta (Author), Mark Manary (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract There are no guidelines for the optimal protein quality of ready‐to‐supplementary food (RUSF) for moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). This randomized, controlled, double‐blinded, clinical effectiveness trial evaluated two RUSFs in the treatment of MAM. Both foods contained greater than 7% da...