Efficacy of the food supplementation for children with poor nutritional status and acute respiratory tract infection
- Author:
Ha Thanh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition
- MeSH:
Efficacy of the food supplementation for children with poor nutritional status and acute respiratory tract infection
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
1999;(10):20-25
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Milk supplementation in 3 months had improved the nutritional status of infant in term of physical growth, hemoglobin and serum albumin level, as well as acute respiratory infection status. The prevalence of underweight grade 1 reduced from 83.1% to 13.6%, underweight grade 2 reduced from 15.3% to 6.8% and there was no case of severe malnutrition. Hemoglobin level increased from 8.961.04 g/dl to 11.21.15 g/dl and serum albumin increased from 3.940.62g/dl to 4.790.42g/dl. The prevalence of acute respiratory infection reduced from 84.7- 27.1%.
