Acceptability of Two Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods by HIV-Positive Patients in Vietnam
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Acceptability of Two Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods by HIV-Positive Patients in Vietnam.
BACKGROUND Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) has been found effective in treating severe acute malnutrition. Vietnam's National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), and UNICEF collaborated to formulate a local RUTF called High-Energy Bar for Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (HEBI). RUTF might be useful to address malnutrition in HIV ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Food and Nutrition Bulletin
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0379-5721,1564-8265
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115587498