Therapeutic food

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Therapeutic foods are foods designed for specific, usually nutritional, therapeutic purposes as a form of dietary supplement. The primary examples of therapeutic foods are used for emergency feeding of undernourished children or to supplement the diets of persons with special nutrition requirements, such as the elderly. The term theraputic food mostly refers to energy- and/or nutrition-dense foods for feeding of children by mouth. Other types of food used in a therapeutic setting, such as food for tube feeding, are more commonly described as medical food. Therapeutic food for emergency feeding of children also counts as medical food.

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