There is consensus on how to treat severe malnutrition, but there is no agreement on the
most cost-effective way to treat infants and young children with moderate malnutrition who …

Despite recommendations from several bodies such as the World Health Organization and
others that feeding should be continued during diarrhea, the practice of withholding food …

Numerous studies have been carried out to investigate energy density and consistency of
gruels for infants in developing countries. However, starch-rich gruels have a complex …

Forty market samples of locally produced (33) and imported (7) cereal-based flours used for
complementary feeding in some African countries and Vietnam were studied in order to …

Objective: To determine the effects of food viscosity on the ability of rats to compensate for
calories in a dietary supplement. Research Methods and Procedures: In a series of four …

In free living conditions, 24 breastfed infants, aged 6 to 10 months, were given successively
five experimental gruels to study the effect of energy density (ED) and sweetness (sweet …

The dual sugar test of intestinal permeability is a reliable non-invasive way of assessing the
response of the small intestinal mucosa to nutritional rehabilitation. AIM To compare a local …

Background Results of prior studies of the effect of viscosity reduction of high-energy-
density, starch-containing diets on young children's energy intakes are inconsistent, possibly …

Objective: To assess the effect of the incorporation of amylase in maize-based flours
prepared as gruels on the energy intake and growth of Congolese infants. Design: A …

The effects of α‐amylase treatment on physical properties, acceptability to mothers, and cost
of roasted and extruded maize–beans–groundnuts–bambaranuts complementary porridge …