title: [Evaluation of the acceptability of a formula for children with diarrhea in a marginal community].
abstract: Evaluated the acceptability of a nutrition formula consisting of pumpkin-rice chicken and oils; in a marginal community to children between the ages of 7 months to 5 years old when acute diarrhea was present. The acceptability was also evaluated in the mothers, who indicated that they liked food very little. Nevertheless, they admitted that they would give the product to their children. During the period of study 26 cases of diarrhea were reported of the 26 children, 6 children consumed all the food offered, 16 children showed variable acceptance and only 4 children reject the food completely. By age-groups, the acceptability was 75.69% for children between the ages of 7 months to one year. 72.90% acceptability for ages between 13 months to 2 years and 78.28% for ages between 25 months to 5 years old. The total acceptability was 75.66%. All cases presented marked decreased in diarrhea and an increased in the consistency of the feces with the third dose.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Procesos Biológicos y Bioquímicos, Universidad Simón Bolívar.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Hernández Ramírez
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000178:diet therapy*; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009753:Nutritive Value; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014687:Venezuela
vernacular_title: Evaluación de la aceptabilidad de una fórmula para niños con diarrea en una comunidad marginal.