Ready-to-use therapeutic food with elevated n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content, with or without fish oil, to treat severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) are lipid-based pastes widely used in the treatment of acute malnutrition. Current specifications for RUTF permit a high n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content and low n-3 PUFA, with no stipulated requirements for preformed long-chain n-3 PUFA...

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Autores principales: Jones, Kelsey DJ, Ali, Rehema, Khasira, Maureen A, Odera, Dennis, West, Annette L, Koster, Grielof, Akomo, Peter, Talbert, Alison WA, Goss, Victoria M, Ngari, Moses, Thitiri, Johnstone, Ndoro, Said, Knight, Miguel A Garcia, Omollo, Kenneth, Ndungu, Anne, Mulongo, Musa M, Bahwere, Paluku, Fegan, Greg, Warner, John O, Postle, Anthony D, Collins, Steve, Calder, Philip C, Berkley, James A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4407555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25902844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0315-6

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