There is an excellent paper just published on this topic in the Journal of Nutrition. Here is the citation: J Nutr. 2012 May 23. [Epub ahead of print] Wasting Is Associated with Stunting in Early Childhood. Richard SA, Black RE, Gilman RH, Guerrant RL, Kang G, Lanata CF, Mølbak K, Rasmussen ZA, Sack RB, Valentiner-Branth P, Checkley W; Childhood Infection and Malnutrition Network. PMID: 22623393 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Good question. I'm sorry to say not yet written up as a paper, but has been presented at conferences: some long term follow-up data on ex-SAM children in Malawi. Note that this was in 2006/7 before there was a fully functioning CMAM programme in district, so children all came through inpatient care 1st and were on the "complicated" spectrum of SAM. See page 114: growth of ex-SAM children compared to sibling controls - sadly very limited catch-up... [url]http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1306755/[/url] So, indeed an impact - but question remains how to address. Ideas and suggestions welcome - please see MAMI-2 project elsewhere on ENN website. Future intervention studies desperately needed.