Short-Term Acceptability of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods in Two Provinces of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Caretakers’ Organoleptic Qualities
3.2. Hedonic Chronometric Test in Children
3.3. Focus Group Discussions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Name | Form | Ingredients | Origin |
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eeZeePaste | Paste | Peanut, milk | India |
HEBI | Compressed cube | Mung bean, milk | Vietnam |
Nutrix | Wafer + paste | Soy bean, rice, fish | Cambodia |
BP-100 | Compressed bar | Milk, wheat, oat | Norway |
Phongsaly | Attapeu | Total | p-Value 1 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
n | 41 | 42 | 83 | - |
Age, years (± SD) | 2.76 ± 1.02 | 2.59 ± 1.24 | 2.67 ± 1.13 | 0.49 |
Sex, % male (n) | 53.66 (22) | 52.38 (22) | 53.01 (44) | 0.91 |
Weight, kg (± SD) | 10.98 (± 1.68) | 10.70 (± 2.09) | 10.84 (± 1.90) | 0.49 |
Height, cm (± SD) | 83.16 (± 6.54) | 85.75 (± 8.50) | 83.96 (± 7.59) | 0.34 |
MUAC, cm (± SD) | 14.19 (± 0.97) | 14.02 (± 0.90) | 14.10 (± 0.93) | 0.40 |
MUAC <= 12.5, % (n) | 4.9 (2) | 4.7 (2) | 4.8 (4) | 1 |
WHZ-SCORE (± SD) | −0.246 (± 0.866) | −0.952 (± 0.604) | −0.473 (± 0.852) | <0.01 |
Z-SCORE <= −2, % (n) | 4.88 (2) | 4.76 (2) | 4.82 (4) | 1 |
Phongsaly | Attapeu | Total | ||||||||||
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BP-100 | HEBI | Nutrix | eeZee P. | BP-100 | HEBI | Nutrix | eeZee P. | BP-100 | HEBI | Nutrix | eeZee P. | |
Colour | 2.85 | 2.95 | 2.88 | 2.66 | 2.74 | 2.88 | 2.52 | 2.62 | 2.8 | 2.91 | 2.7 | 2.64 |
Smell | 2.76 | 2.9 | 2.24 | 2.29 | 2.74 | 2.88 | 1.76 | 2.67 | 2.75 | 2.89 | 2 | 2.48 |
Taste | 2.73 | 2.9 | 2.34 | 2.51 | 2.67 | 2.86 | 1.67 | 2.67 | 2.7 | 2.88 | 2 | 2.59 |
Look | 2.76 | 2.9 | 2.56 | 2.59 | 2.71 | 2.83 | 2.36 | 2.67 | 2.73 | 2.87 | 2.46 | 2.63 |
Texture | 2.78 | 2.93 | 2.41 | 2.56 | 2.76 | 2.86 | 2 | 2.67 | 2.77 | 2.89 | 2.2 | 2.61 |
Overall | 2.76 | 2.93 | 2.37 | 2.54 | 2.76 | 2.86 | 2.05 | 2.64 | 2.76 | 2.89 | 2.2 | 2.59 |
Total (out of 18) | 16.64 | 17.51 | 14.8 | 15.15 | 16.38 | 17.17 | 12.36 | 15.94 | 16.51 | 17.33 | 13.56 | 15.54 |
Acceptability % | 92.44 | 97.28 | 82.22 | 84.17 | 91 | 95.39 | 68.67 | 88.56 | 91.72 | 96.28 | 75.33 | 86.33 |
Favorite product % | 14.63 | 60.98 | 9.76 | 14.63 | 14.3 | 45.2 | 11.9 | 28.6 | 14.5 | 53 | 10.8 | 21.7 |
Worst product % | 2.44 | 0 | 63.41 | 34.15 | 10 | 5 | 75 | 10 | 6.18 | 2.47 | 69.14 | 22.22 |
RUTF | % of Intake over 3 Days |
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BP-100 | 92.4 ± 19.7 |
HEBI | 93.4 ± 17.1 |
NUTRIX | 81.8 ± 27.7 |
eeZeePaste | 92.3 ± 20.9 |
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Aiello, I.; Kounnavong, S.; Vinathan, H.; Philavong, K.; Luangphaxay, C.; Soukhavong, S.; Blomberg, J.; Wieringa, F.T. Short-Term Acceptability of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods in Two Provinces of Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Nutrients 2023, 15, 3847. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15173847
Aiello I, Kounnavong S, Vinathan H, Philavong K, Luangphaxay C, Soukhavong S, Blomberg J, Wieringa FT. Short-Term Acceptability of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods in Two Provinces of Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Nutrients. 2023; 15(17):3847. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15173847
Chicago/Turabian StyleAiello, Iacopo, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Hari Vinathan, Khamseng Philavong, Chanthaly Luangphaxay, Somphone Soukhavong, Janneke Blomberg, and Frank T. Wieringa. 2023. "Short-Term Acceptability of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods in Two Provinces of Lao People’s Democratic Republic" Nutrients 15, no. 17: 3847. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15173847