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Drawing on the Amartya Sen Capability Approach, this study investigates the determinants of household food consumption, weight gain during hospitalization, and outpatient treatment duration among children with acute malnutrition.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We combined analyses from an original household survey of 84 families with hospital records from 1,259 children admitted to the Divina Providencia Hospital in Luanda between January 2019 and June 2021. Data included socioeconomic indicators, anthropometric measurements at admission and discharge, and treatment duration. Classification and Regression Trees (CART) were applied to identify key socioeconomic and clinical predictors across multiple dependent variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Lower household food consumption was observed when families could not afford at least 2.5 meals per day, had a monthly income below 30,000 Kwanzas, and when the mother\u2019s education was less than 9.5 years. Anthropometric indicators at admission significantly influenced children\u2019s ability to gain weight during hospitalization. Poverty and food insecurity were associated with longer outpatient treatment durations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings highlight the effects of socioeconomic deprivations on food insecurity and recovery from acute malnutrition in children. 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