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A microbiota-directed complementary food intervention in 12-18-month-old Bangladeshi children improves linear growth

2024-05-01 nutrition Title + abstract only
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BackgroundGlobally, stunting affects [~]150 million children under five, while wasting affects nearly 50 million. Current interventions have had limited effectiveness in ameliorating long-term sequelae of undernutrition including stunting, cognitive deficits and immune dysfunction. Disrupted development of the gut microbiota has been linked to the pathogenesis of undernutrition, providing potentially new treatment approaches. Methods124 Bangladeshi children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM...

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