Can a better diet during malnutrition recovery rewire a Child's brain?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for malnourished (MAM) children at 1 and 3 years of age: All of the following criteria must be met for a subject to be eligible to participate in the study * Mother willing to sign consent form * Child age 12-15 months or 36-39 months of age * WHZ \<-2 and ≥-3 z-score, and/or MUAC \<12.5 and ≥11.5 cm and free from any acute illness * Mother agrees to feed their children a study diet at home. * Mother willing to bring the child to the clinic for assessment (morbidity, nutrition history, adherence to treatment, anthropometry and advice to mother on parenting) and clinical examination. * Mother will agree to provide her biological samples * Mother willing to have a child undergo biological sample collection and neuropsychological assessment at baseline (1-year-old) and at ages 2 years and 3 years at the clinic. * Family has no plan to move from the study area in the next three years. Inclusion criteria for Control group with normal health (normal Z score): * Mother willing to sign consent form * Child age 12-15 months * WHZ score \> -1 and free from any acute illness * Mother willing to bring the child to the clinic for assessment (morbidity, nutrition history, adherence to treatment, anthropometry and advice to mother on parenting) and clinical examination. * Mother will agree to provide her biological samples (see below). * Mother willing to have a child undergo biological sample collection and neuropsychological assessment at baseline at 1 year old and again at 2 years and 3 years at the clinic. * Family has no plan to move from the study area in the next two years. Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion criteria for malnourished (MAM) children: Meeting any of the following criteria will exclude a subject from study participation * Mother who is not willing to sign a consent form. * Congenital anomaly. * Mother who is not willing to feed the rehabilitation feed or the small quantity supplement to her child. * Family will not stay 3 years in the study area. Exclusion criteria for Control group with normal health (normal Z score): Meeting any of the following criteria will exclude a subject from study participation - * Mother who is not willing to sign a consent form. * Child age \>15 months or \< 12m. * Mother who is not willing to feed the rehabilitation feed or the small quantity supplement to her child. * Family will not stay 3 years in the study area. * Any congenital anomaly.