Recent developments in the nutritional management of diarrhoea. 1. Nutritional strategies to prevent diarrhoea among children in developing countries

This paper discusses various ways in which diarrhoea may be prevented from occurring in children living in developing countries, where it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Possible strategies include promotion of breastfeeding, dietary supplementation with vitamin A, zinc and iron, the prevention of protein-energy malnutrition as far as possible, and improvement in the standard of preparation and hygiene of available weaning foods, involving in particular the wider use of fermented foods.