How to cite this article: Panchal F, Parmar R, Shringarpure K, Damor J. A Cohort Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nutri- tional Intervention on Severe Acute Malnutrition Children Admitted to A Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Gujarat, India. Natl J Community Med 2024;15(7):546-552. DOI: 10.55489/njcm.150720243583 Copy Right: The Authors retain the copyrights of this article, with first publication rights granted to Medsci Publications. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon the work commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given, and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. www.njcmindia.com│pISSN: 0976-3325│eISSN: 2229-6816│Published by Medsci Publications @2024 National Journal of Community Medicine│Volume 15│Issue 07│July 2024 Page 546 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE A Cohort Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nutritional Intervention on Severe Acute Malnutrition Children Admitted to A Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Gujarat, India Foram Panchal 1* , Rahul Parmar 2 , Kalpita Shringarpure 3 , Jivraj Damor 4 1 M. K. Shah Medical College & Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India 2,3,4 Medical College Baroda, Vadodara, India DOI: 10.55489/njcm.150720243583 A B S T R A C T Background: Undernutrition is one of the most concerning health and development issues in India as well as in the world. Nutritional rehabilitation centres (NRC) were started by Government of India to control severe acute malnutrition. The aim is to assess the effect of nutrition interventional measures for severe acute malnu- trition (SAM) children admitted at NRC through selected anthropometric indicators. Methodology: A hospital-based prospective cohort study was conducted at NRC of SSG Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat from April to September 2022, all children of 6-60 months of age admitted during this period were ob- served during their stay with three follow-ups after discharge at 15 days interval. The data was entered in Mi- crosoft Excel and was analysed using Medcalc Software. Results: A total of 76 children were analysed for anthropometric indicators. A statistically significant differ- ence was obtained between the weight of children at admission, discharge and 3 follow-ups (ANOVA=141, p<0.001); difference of mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) (ANOVA=84.2, p<0.001) and difference of height (ANOVA=43.3. p<0.001) at admission, discharge and follow-up were also statistically significant. Conclusions: NRCs have had a positive impact on the selected anthropometric indicators of severe malnour- ished children but lag behind proper follow-up visits. Key-words: Severe acute malnutrition, Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre, Under five children, Anthropometric Indicators A R T I C L E I N F O Financial Support: None declared Conflict of Interest: None declared Received: 14-12-2023, Accepted: 24-05-2024, Published: 01-07-2024 *Correspondence: Dr. Foram Panchal (Email: panchalforam65@gmail.com)