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Date of Award
Spring 5-19-2022
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Restricted
Abstract
Malnutrition is the cause of almost 50% of the deaths of children under the age of 5 each year and affects over 52 million children each year. For those who survive the bodily harm of undernutrition, neurological, developmental, and physical damage often continues throughout their lifetime resulting in decreased cognitive performance, intellectual and learning disabilities, lower educational achievement, and lower economic productivity. Supplemental foods, such as Ready-To-Use- Therapeutic-Food (RUTF), have been used to increase MAM and SAM recovery rates in the past, however, new and improved food formulations can now begin to be implemented and analyzed for their effectiveness. 75 children aged 8-24 months in the Pujehun District, Sierra Leone who presented with MAM were given one of 3 supplemental foods to assess the acceptability of new RUTF formulations with adjusted omega-3 and omega-6 concentrations which confer cognitive health benefits.
Mentor
Dr. Mark Manary
Additional Advisors
Dr. Elizabeth Quinn
Recommended Citation
Zalta, Max, "Omega-3 and Omega-6 Rebalancing in Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic-Food (RUTF) for the Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 8-24 Months in Pujehun, Sierra Leone: An analysis of the differences in acceptability between a Docosahexaenoic acid-fortified standard RUTF, a Docosahexaenoic acid-fortified oat-based RUTF, and a standard RUTF" (2022). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 46.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/undergrad_etd/46