Evaluation of short-term feeding with high protein diet in malnourished children

A new formulated diet was tried in the treatment of thirty-two Egyptian children aged 6-24 months, suffering from protein energy malnutrition admitted to the pediatric ward of Banha University Hospital. It was concluded that this formulated [mainly vegetable] protein-rich diet which was well balanced in other nutritional constitutions succeeded in improving the biochemical parameters of the malnourished children and brought them to recovery. Being of a low cost may provide an economical means in solving a major health problem in developing countries