Developmental performance of hospitalized severely acutely malnourished under-six children in low- income setting

Retrospective studies show that severe acute malnutrition (SAM) affects child development. However, to what extent SAM affects children of different ages at its acute stage is not well documented. This study was aimed at comparing the developmental performance of severely acutely malnourished children under six with that of age and gender-matched non-malnourished healthy children. The developmental performances of 310 children with SAM (male =...