Should India use Commercially Produced Ready to use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
In India, 48% of children under five years of age are stunted and 43% are underweight: almost 8 million children suffer from Severe Acute Malnutrition. Dr Prasad and colleagues are of the view that “the current thinking – that a centrally produced and processed Ready to use Therapeutic Foods should supplant the locally prepared indigenous […]