Report for: Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea

Title	Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2013
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd005433.pub2
Pubmed ID	24173771
Authors	Stephen MacGillivray, Tom Fahey, William McGuire
Abstract	Young children with acute diarrhoea, typically due to infectious gastroenteritis, may temporarily stop producing lactase, the intestinal enzyme that digests lactose. This means they may not digest lactose, the main sugar in milk, and this may worsen or prolong the diarrhoeal illness. However, there is uncertainty whether avoiding lactose-containing milk or milk products helps young children recover from acute diarrhoea more quickly.

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Country	Count	As %
Spain	10	19%
United Kingdom	5	9%
Australia	4	8%
Canada	3	6%
Mexico	2	4%
United States	2	4%
Japan	1	2%
Ireland	1	2%
Unknown	25	47%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	43	81%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	8	15%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	2	4%

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Country	Count	As %
Spain	1	<1%
Kenya	1	<1%
South Africa	1	<1%
Unknown	194	98%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Master	34	17%
Student > Bachelor	32	16%
Researcher	21	11%
Other	11	6%
Student > Ph. D. Student	9	5%
Other	34	17%
Unknown	56	28%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	60	30%
Nursing and Health Professions	29	15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	9	5%
Social Sciences	9	5%
Psychology	5	3%
Other	16	8%
Unknown	69	35%

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