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Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs as a supplement to the usual diet: Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day)

What each review found

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Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs as a supplement to the usual diet
Rate of weight gain (g/kg/day) during intervention defined as change between baseline and week 4 of the intervention period · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (1 study included HIV‐uninfected children; 1 study included HIV‐infected…
Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition… (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted2 studies · 206 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) for home‐based nutritional rehabilitation of severe acute malnutrition in children from six months to…
2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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