Nutritional disorders 

Growth faltering (Failure to Thrive – FTT) is a clinical condition in which an infant or child fails to achieve expected growth based on age- and sex-specific standards due to inadequate usable nutrition over time.

children who are clinically well without signs of infection or other indication for hospital admission, with a retained appetite. Retained appetite is regarded to indicate the absence of severe metabolic disturbance. These patients are deemed to be most appropriately managed as outpatients, with ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is the most severe and life-threatening form of undernutrition in children. It is characterized by severe wasting and/or nutritional oedema resulting from prolonged deficiency of macronutrients and micronutrients combined with metabolic and immune dysfunction.

Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency is a metabolic disorder caused by inadequate intake, absorption, storage, or utilization of thiamine — a critical co-enzyme in carbohydrate metabolism and neuronal energy production.

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency is a nutritional disorder caused by inadequate levels of pyridoxine or its active metabolite pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) — an essential coenzyme in amino-acid metabolism, neurotransmitter synthesis, hemoglobin formation, and immune function.