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Clinical Nutrition
Research from S.K. Roy and colleagues provide new insights into clinical nutrition
August 20th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in Dhaka, Bangladesh conducted a study "To assess the impact of zinc supplementation on clinical recovery, weight gain and subsequent growth and morbidity in moderately malnourished children with shigellosis. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial." "Dhaka hospital of ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fifty-six moderately malnourished children, aged 12-59 months with culture-proven shigellosis. Subjects were randomly allocated to receive zinc (20 mg/day elemental) in multivitamin syrup (intervention) or multivitamin syrup without zinc (control) in two equally divided doses daily for 2 weeks....
Source: Fitness & Wellness Business Week (2008-08-20)
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