Fatty Acid Optimization of Locally Produced Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods for the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition in Children Using Linear Programming: An Application to India and Pakistan
We use linear programming to generate an affordable and fatty acid-optimized RUTF based on locally available ingredients. Therefore, this formulation holds immense potential to benefit communities in India and Pakistan facing high levels of child malnutrition.
Authors
- D. Sudhakar
- Gul Nawaz Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-1693)
- Samina Ismail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-1810)
- Varun Mahadevan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-9564)
- Ahmed Moutwakil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5283-876X)
- Keith P. West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9458-362X)
- Tu Ngoc Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-8920)
- Sajid Bashir Soofi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4192-8406)
- Ayush Prasad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9834-1297)
- Mohid Khan
- Amith Umesh
- Meghana Dantuluri
- Akhila Annadanam
- Melody Multra
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Creighton University (US)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Johnson University (US)
- Baylor Medical Center at Garland (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2025-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17233653
- Primary Topic
- Optimization and Mathematical Programming
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Johns Hopkins University
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health