Probiotics do not improve the treatment of severe malnutrition. British research in Malawi showed no beneficial effect, other than a non-significant observation of reduced mortality. The authors recommend further research.
Severe acute malnutrition affects 13 million children worldwide and causes 1 to 2 million deaths every year. Researchers from the College of Medicine Malawi and the University College London Centre for International Health and Development studied whether probiotics could support nutritional treatment of malnutrition. The research, which was funded by the British Department for International Development (DfID), was published in the famous medical journal The Lancet on 11 July.
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Severe acute malnutrition affects 13 million children worldwide and causes 1 to 2 million deaths every year. Researchers from the College of Medicine Malawi and the University College London Centre for International Health and Development studied whether probiotics could support nutritional treatment of malnutrition. The research, which was funded by the British Department for International Development (DfID), was published in the famous medical journal The Lancet on 11 July.
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