All children from 6 to 59 months admitted directly for the treatment of uncomplicated SAM(MUAC <115 mm or PTZ <-3 and / or presence of nutritional edema grade + or + + and moderate or good appetite with no medical complications) in the 2 CRENAS chosen as study sites during the inclusion period of the study. A "direct admission" is defined as an admission without reference from CRENI (intensive nutritional recovery and education centres) to CRENAS. Readmission cases, that is, children admitted to the nutritional program in the last 3 months, and references from the Center for Ambulatory Nutritional Recovery for Moderates (CRENAM) remain eligible for inclusion of the study without prejudice and without notation at the previous admission.