Secondary outcomes included change in weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ), mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), prevalence of anaemia, serum Hb, serum ferritin, serum Zn, serum retinol binding protein, serum cortisol, serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum α-1-acid-glycoprotein (AGP), change in acute and chronic infection status and prevalence and change in the prevalence of fever and diarrhoea. Here, IGF1 is linked to anemia.