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Ad lib. feeding during recovery from malnutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2011

Ann Ashworth
Ann Ashworth
Affiliation:
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Abstract

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1. Ten severely malnourished children were studied.

2. During recovery the mean energy intake was 916 kJ (219 kcal)/kg per d when the children were fed ad lib. on a high-energy milk preparation.

3. When a lower-energy milk preparation was given ad lib. the children voluntarily increased the volume consumed but the mean energy intake fell to 703 kJ (168 kcal)/kg per d.

4. After recovery the children no longer consumed an increased volume when the lower-energy milk preparation was offered.

5. The results provide further evidence of the importance of feeding with a high-energy preparation for the treatment of malnutrition, and demonstrate that additional benefits can be obtained by offering such mixtures ad lib.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 1974 , pp. 109 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1974

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