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Dietary Protein, Growth and Urea Kinetics in Severely Malnourished Children and During Recovery¹

Asha Badaloo^*, Michael Boyne^*, Marvin Reid^*, Chandarika Persaud, Terrence Forrester^*, D. Joe Millward and Alan A. Jackson^,2

^* Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 7PX, United Kingdom, and Centre for Nutrition and Food Safety, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, GU2 5XH, United Kingdom

²To whom correspondence should be addressed at Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, United Kingdom.

The case mortality for severe malnutrition in childhood remains high, but established best approaches to treatment are not used in practice. The energy and protein content of the diet at different stages of treatment appears important, but remains controversial. The effect on growth, urea kinetics and the urinary excretion of 5-L-oxoproline was compared between a standard infant formula (HP group) provided in different quantities at each stage of treatment and a recommended dietary regimen, which differentiates the requirements of protein and energy during the acute phase of resuscitation (maintenance intake of energy and protein, relatively low protein to energy ratio, LP group) from those during the restoration of a weight deficit (energy and nutrient dense). The energy required to maintain weight was less in the HP than the LP group, but the HP group was not able to achieve as high an energy intake during repletion of wasting because of the high volume which would have had to be consumed. Compared to the LP group, in the HP group during catch-up growth there was significantly greater deposition of lean tissue and higher rates of urea production, hydrolysis and salvage of urea-nitrogen. These, together with higher rates of 5-L-oxoprolinuria, suggest a greater constraint of the formation of adequate amounts of nonessential amino acids, especially glycine, in the face of enhanced demands. Although more effective rehabilitation might be achieved using a standard formula, there is the need to determine the extent to which it might impose metabolic stress compared with the modified formulation.

KEY WORDS: • energy • marasmus • kwashiorkor • protein • 5-L-oxoproline • children

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