%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Phuka, J.
%A Thakwalakwa, C.
%A Maleta, K.
%A Cheung, Y. B.
%A Briend, André
%A Manary, M.
%A Ashorn, P.
%T Supplementary feeding with fortified spread among moderately underweight 6-18-month-old rural Malawian children
%D 2009
%L fdi:010044321
%G ENG
%J Maternal and Child Nutrition
%@ 1740-8695
%K fortified spread ; infants and young children ; randomized controlled ; trial ; supplementary feeding ; moderately underweight ; undernutrition
%M ISI:000264081400007
%N 2
%P 159-170
%R 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00162.x
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044321
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2009/03/010044321.pdf
%V 5
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X We aimed to analyse growth and recovery from undernutrition among moderately underweight ambulatory children receiving micronutrient-fortified maize-soy flour (Likuni Phala, LP) or ready-to-use fortified spread (FS) supplementary diet. One hundred and seventy-six 6-18-month-old individuals were randomized to receive 500 g LP or 350 g FS weekly for 12 weeks. Baseline and end of intervention measurements were used to calculate anthropometric gains and recovery from underweight, wasting and stunting. Mean weight-for-age increased by 0.22 (95% CI 0.07-0.37) and 0.28 (0.18-0.40) Z-score units in the LP and FS groups respectively. Comparable increase for mean weight-for-length was 0.39 (0.20-0.57) and 0.52 (0.38-0.65) Z-score units. Recovery from underweight and wasting was 20% and 93% in LP group and 16% and 75% in FS group. Few individuals recovered from stunting and mean length-for-age was not markedly changed. There were no statistically significant differences between the outcomes in the two intervention groups. In a poor food-security setting, underweight infants and children receiving supplementary feeding for 12 weeks with ready-to-use FS or maize-soy flour porridge show similar recovery from moderate wasting and underweight. Neither intervention, if limited to a 12-week duration, appears to have significant impact on the process of linear growth or stunting.
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