NCT01144806

Evaluation of Energy Expenditure, Body Composition and Recovery Rates in Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition

Evaluation of Energy Expenditure, Body Composition and Recovery Rates in Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Receiving Community-based Nutritional Rehabilitation Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aga Khan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 3 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project is being conducted with an aim to find out energy expenditure, body composition and recovery rates in children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) receiving community-based nutritional rehabilitation therapy

Detailed description

Objectives 1. To assess energy expenditure and body composition by stable isotope techniques in children with Severe Acute Malnutrition 2. To evaluate the potential usefulness of body composition assessment as a predictor of outcome in children with SAM, based on stable isotope technique and multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) Inclusion criteria * Parents of children of age 6 months to 3 years * Resident of study area Exclusion criteria * Children with congenital malformations * Chronic debilitating illnesses * Refusal by parents to enroll in study

Conditions

• Children
• Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nutrition education	Parent/care givers of children with severe malnutrition in enrolled in this group will be given nutrition education using the principles of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and dietary diversification
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	RUTF	Ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF / PlumpyNut) will be provided to the parent/care givers of children with severe malnutrition in enrolled in this group

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2010-06-16
• Last updated: 2012-02-27

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Pakistan