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Food supplementation among HIV-infected adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on treatment adherence and weight gain
Audain, Keiron A. Zotor, Francis B. Amuna, Paul Ellahi, Basma
Audain, Keiron A.
Zotor, Francis B.
Amuna, Paul
Ellahi, Basma
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2015-03-12
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Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of undernourished people in the world, along
with the highest number of people living with HIV and AIDS. Thus, as a result of high levels
of food insecurity many HIV patients are also undernourished. The synergism between HIV
and undernutrition leads to poor treatment adherence and high mortality rates.
Undernutrition has a debilitating effect on the immune system due to key nutrient deficiencies
and the overproduction of reactive species (oxidative stress), which causes rapid HIV
progression and the onset of AIDS. Therapeutic food supplementation used in the treatment
of severe acute malnutrition is being applied to HIV palliative care; however, little biochemical
data exist to highlight its impact on oxidative stress and immune recovery.
Citation
Audain, K. A., Zotor, F. B., Amuna, P., & Ellahi, B. (2015). Food supplementation among HIV-infected adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on treatment adherence and weight gain. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 74(04), 517-525. doi: 10.1017/S0029665115000063
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The Nutrition Society
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
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10.1017/S0029665115000063
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en
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This is the author's manuscript of an article published in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.
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0029-6651
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1475-2719