Fig. 1. Changes in % body weight in study groups. Changes in % body weight (base line referred to as zero for both groups) are presented for both groups as mean ± standard deviation. Children who recovered ceased to attend the Pediatric Clinic; therefore, of the supplemented group, there were 33 children on day 1, 27 on day 2, and 12 on day 3, and of the control group, there were 32 children on day 1, 30 on day 2, and 17 on day 3.