1 November 2019, 13:00<\/p>\n
Festauditoriet 1-01, B\u00fclowsvej 17. 1870 Frederiksberg C<\/p>\n
Associate Professor Nanna Roos (chair), Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n
Professor Tsinuel Girma, Paediatrician, Harvard University, USA<\/p>\n
Dr. Bente Utoft Andreassen, Consultant Pediatrician, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n
Professor Henrik Friis, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n
Dr. Ezekiel Mupere, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda<\/p>\n
Dr. Vibeke Brix Christensen, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n
Impaired gut function in children with severe acute malnutrition has detrimental effects on digestion and absorption of food nutrients, intestinal permeability and gut barrier function. Severe acute malnutrition contributes to nearly 2 million deaths annually. It is therefore critical to identify interventions and simple ways to assess and improve gut function among these children.<\/p>\n
This thesis describes the gut status and function of 400 children aged 6-59 months hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition using blood and fecal biomarkers and further defines the predictors of change in the same biomarkers during nutritional rehabilitation. Additionally, the direct transition from F-75 to RUTF therapeutic feeds during nutritional rehabilitation for children aged 6-59 months with complicated SAM is also described.<\/p>\n