Ready-to-use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF)
Year Published: 2005
J Health Popul Nutr
Patel MP1, Sandige HL, Ndekha MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P, Manary MJ
A comparison of the effectiveness of peanut-based RUTF (P-RUTF) for treating childhood malnutrition vs. a corn-soy blend
Key Findings: Children receiving peanut-RUTF were more likely to recover and had greater rates of weight gain than children receiving corn/soy-blend (58% vs 22%; difference 36%). The results suggest that supplementary feeding with peanut-RUTF promotes better growth in children at risk of malnutrition than the fortified cereal/legume-blended food.
