Children with weight-for-age z-score (WAZ)<− 3 have a high risk of death, yet this indicator is
not widely used in nutrition treatment programming. This pooled secondary data analysis of …

Objective To compare the acceptability of a locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food
(L-RUTF) with the standard ready-to-use therapeutic food (S-RUTF). Methods It was a single …

Background Globally, it is estimated that 50 million children under five are wasted. National
nutrition survey-2018 has shown that 23.3 and 45.5% of children are wasted and stunted in …

Abstract RUTF (Ready to Use Therapeutic Food) merupakan salah satu makanan terapetik
yang dianjurkan oleh WHO untuk mengatasi masalah malnutrisi akut berat pada balita …

The fourth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015-16 provides
an intriguing and disturbing trend on malnutrition in India. Over a ten year period since 2005 …

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children is life-threatening. Its causes range from lack of
access to balanced food, to incorrect feeding practices, lack of access to an efficient health …

Malnutrition, particularly undernutrition, is a significant public health challenge in India.
Progress in nutritional outcomes has been slower than expected relative to India's economic …

Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a major underlying cause of mortality
among children. Around one third of the world's acutely malnourished children live in India …

The issue of widespread food insecurity amongst children in Africa and Asia has often been
narrowed to the discourse on 'severe acute malnutrition (SAM)'in the last decade. Further …

Introduction: Malnutrition is a silent killer that is under reported, under addressed, and as a
result under prioritized. It continues to be major cause of morbidity and mortality in children …