[Management with soya of 1-4 years-old suffering malnutrition].
OBJECTIVE
To show that children from 1 to 4 years old suffering malnutrition who are treated with soya have a better chance of recovering height and weight.


METHODS
Observational, prospective, case-control study.


METHODS
Family Medicine Unit No. 52, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.


METHODS
For this survey, a sample of 83 undernourished children from 1 to 4 years old was taken and 3 experimental and 3 control groups were formed. The first group held children from 1 to 2 years old; the second group, from 2 years one month to 3 years old; and the third group, from 3 years one month to 4 years old. The study lasted for 12 months.


RESULTS
We found that the experimental group from 1 to 2 years old increased in weight and size by over 80%, whilst the weight and size gain in the other groups was significant, but not as much as expected.


CONCLUSIONS
It is important to emphasize that there was greater impact in the group given soya, in which there was clear improvement. The degree of malnutrition dropped and in some cases nutritional status was restored. We can affirm that, if mothers' understanding improved, malnutrition could be prevented by proper training.
García-Garro
Alberto Javier
AJ
Educación e Investigación en Salud HGZ 57, IMSS, México. alberto.garcia@imss.gob.mx
Gernández-Flores
María Guadalupe
MG
Ramos-Ortega
Gregorio
G
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000178:diet therapy*; D013025:Glycine max