Same growth and different energy intake over four years in children suffering from chronic non-specific diarrhoea

An increase in energy intake often occurs at weaning and this may depend on the current practice of offering energy-dense foods ab libitum. In two-year-old lean infants suffering from chronic non-specific diarrhoea (CNSD), the offering of food was evaluated by care-givers at every meal on the basis of food need expressions and non-starchy vegetable acceptance, taking into account the maintenance of good temper and normal activity between meals. The purpose was to avoid diarrhoae recurrence