5. Conclusions
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Children who received oral nutritional supplements with dietary counseling, when compared with those who received dietary counseling alone, showed greater increases in energy, iron, thiamin, Vitamin C, and calcium intakes, and a higher percentage of children from the former category met their respective EARs in our study. There were also significant improvements in appetite reported for the two supplementation groups versus for the control group over the 90-day period. Both supplements were readily accepted by the children, with a compliance rate of 99%, suggesting that these children, on consuming ONS (one serving contained 210 additional kcal, 6 g of protein, and other vitamins and minerals), met their nutrient requirements for optimal growth and development as recommended by ICMR–NIN [