Clinical evaluation of Nutrition Mix-1.A. Dietary supplement in sick and undernourished children.

Eight hundred and forty children between the ages of 12 and 36 months were given approximately six g daily as a supplement to their normal daily diet, of Nutrition Mix-1 for an average of 10 months each. Nutrition Mix-1(NM-1) is not a breast milk substitute, feeding formula nor a weaning food on its own. Four hundred and sixty children (54.8 pc) suffered from HIV-related disease, 280 children had several episodes of childhood diseases (33.3 pc) among whom 120 suffered from PEM. One hundred children were normal and healthy. All the children gained weight during the study period. The average weight gain was 25.7 pc for the sick and 26.8 pc the PEM children, 26.0 pc for the normal children and 51.2 pc for the HIV-related disease (HIV-RD) children-paediatric AIDS. It is concluded that NM-1 when used as recommended, is a very useful supplement for balancing children's diet in the developing or Third world countries.