Stunted African toddlers digest and obtain energy from energy-dense thick sorghum porridge
Overall, we found that thick porridge supplied digestible carbohydrates to stunted and healthy toddlers, as well as thinned calorie-dense porridge.
Authors
- Atossa Rahmanifar
- Mariam Sylla
- Antone R. Opekun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4837-6480)
- Michael A. Grusak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7976-3419)
- Amy Hui‐Mei Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-3995)
- Roberto Quezada‐Calvillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-1188)
- Clay Swackhamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8155-0642)
- Elizabeth A. Pletsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3782-3433)
- Anna Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9745-3123)
- Hawa Diall
- Bruce R. Hamaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-942X)
- Fatimata Cissé
- Buford L. Nichols
Institutions
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
- Oregon State University (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (MX)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- University of Bamako (ML)
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours (FR)
- Institut d'Économie Rurale (ML)
- Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- M4 Sciences (United States) (US)
- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-025-01632-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.12
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Agricultural Research Service