Effectiveness of a Ready-to-Use-Food (RUF) Supplement to Prevent Acute Child Malnutrition

Inclusion Criteria: * WH≥80% of median of NCHS reference without bilateral pitting oedema; * Age ≥ 6 months and ≤36 months; * Member of a household with a dependency ratio \>4; * Not planning to leave the study zone for the coming 5 months; Exclusion Criteria: * Not showing appetite; * Age \< 6 months or age \> 36 months * Weight-for-Height Z-score \<-2 and/or the presence of bilateral pitting oedema in children 6-36 months; * Member of a household with a dependency ration ≤ 4; * Clinical complications * Presence of chronic illness, cardiac disease, congenital abnormalities, cancer; * Being allergic to one of the ingredients of the RUF.