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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

Recovery during intervention defined as WHZ > 0 in 1 study; 100% weight for height in 1 study · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (1 study included HIV‐uninfected children; 1 study included HIV‐infected children), all of whom…

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… may leads to higher recovery during intervention defined as WHZ > 0 in 1 study; 100%… compared with as a supplement to the usual diet (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose that meets total daily nutritional requirements vs an alternative dietary approach

Recovery during intervention defined as achieving WHZ ≥ −2 and absence of oedema in 1 study; reaching a WHZ score > −2 and without oedema in 1 study; WHZ > −2 in 1 study; having a WHZ score ≥ 0 in 1 study; reaching 100% weight for height in 1 stud... · children aged 6 months‐5 years with SAM (and mixed HIV comorbidity), some of whom had been stabilised as inpatients pre‐trial

Standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) provided at a dose… probably leads to higher recovery during intervention defined as achieving WHZ ≥ −2 and… compared with an alternative dietary approach (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review