Data of "The Effect of High Calorie Formula on Weight, Height Increment, IGF-1 and TLC in Growth Faltering Children"

 Growth faltering in children aged 1-2 years is a common nutritional problem in developing countries that leads to undernutrition, especially stunting, a worldwide burden that refers to children with current weight or height or weight gain rate and height below the expected value compared to similar children at the same age, sex, and ethnicity. IGF-I is closely associated with weight and nutritional intake, especially milk and animal protein as amino acids sources. IGF-1 is affected by undernutrition, followed by thyroid and growth hormone (GH). Growth faltering affects immune functions and can develop into undernutrition with complicated consequences with menial change or even an increase in lymphocyte count.   

Total lymphocyte count (TLC) has been used as one prognostic variable to sense malnutrition, as its decrease can be correlated with malnutrition. This study investigates the effect of using high-calorie formula as an intervention on weight, height increment, IGF-1 and TLC in children with growth faltering or undernutrition.