title: Recent developments in the nutritional management of diarrhoea. 1. Nutritional strategies to prevent diarrhoea among children in developing countries.
abstract: This paper discusses various ways in which diarrhoea may be prevented from occurring in children living in developing countries, where it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Possible strategies include promotion of breastfeeding, dietary supplementation with vitamin A, zinc and iron, the prevention of protein-energy malnutrition as far as possible, and improvement in the standard of preparation and hygiene of available weaning foods, involving in particular the wider use of fermented foods.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomkins
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D003906:Developing Countries; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D015032:Zinc / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc