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Lynnette M. Neufeld, PhD

JAMA. 2009;301(3):327-328.

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The efficacy and effectiveness of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) for the treatment of wasting have been previously documented,^1-2 and its use as part of community-based treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children is now recommended.³

The article by Isanaka and colleagues⁴ in this issue of JAMA provides evidence that RUTF distributed for a 3-month period was efficacious in preventing wasting and severe wasting in children aged 6 to 60 months. In this cluster randomized controlled trial of 12 villages in Niger, all families with children aged 6 to 60 months with weight-for-height 80% or more of the National Center for Health Statistics reference standard received 92 g (providing 500 kcal) of RUTF daily for 3 months. The distribution of RUTF during the period of the year with documented food shortages improved weight maintenance among children and reduced wasting by 36% and severe wasting by 58%. This . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliation: Centre for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

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