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Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach: Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day)

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Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach
Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day) during intervention 3 studies measured weight gain during the first 4 weeks of the intervention period and 1 study until recovery or 16 weeks after enrolment, whichever was earlier · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients…
Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition… (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted4 studies · 1450 participantsLow

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The reviews

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Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to…
2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

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