but in 1996, a a nutritionist named andre briend decided to take on severe malnutrition everywhere with one idea. if there's no cheap nutritious superfood out there, why not invent one? he did, and today s formula is used around the world. see what happens in this film when briend's superfood is put to work in malala. narrator: malnutrition. every year, malnutrition kills twice as many children as aids, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. yet there is hope. an inexpensive, revolutionary therapy is saving children's lives right now. since 2004, project peanut butter has been treating children in malawi, a country with one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. [speaking foreign language] narrator: as a faculty member at washington university medical school, dr. manary founded project peanut butter to bring the most effective malnutrition therapy to the children who need it most. alefa is seven months old. she is just entering the critical six month to two-year-old window where children are most vulnerable to the impact of malnutrition. jason reinking: alefa is severely malnouris