What do systematic reviews say?

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) vs Blended foods (full dose)

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) may leads to higher vomiting compared with blended foods (full dose) (low certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.43 [1.11, 1.85]
  1 study · 2712 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements showed no clear difference in recovered compared with CSB++ (moderate certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.04 [0.99, 1.09]
  3 studies · 4758 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements showed no clear difference in progression to SAM compared with CSB++ (high certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.84 [0.69, 1.02]
  2 studies · 4081 participants
  High

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements showed no clear difference in defaulted compared with CSB++ (high certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.27 [0.75, 2.16]
  2 studies · 4081 participants
  High

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods vs usual care

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods showed no clear difference in not recovered compared with standard care (low certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.97 [0.74, 1.27]
  1 study · 1974 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 3389 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 3048 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 3730 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: lipid‐based nutrient supplements (LNS) vs CSB++

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 3730 participants
  High

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods vs usual care

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods probably leads to lower defaulted compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.3 [0.22, 0.39]
  1 study · 1974 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods vs usual care

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 178 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods vs usual care

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 1546 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods vs usual care

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 178 participants
  Very low

Summary of findings: Specially formulated foods vs usual care

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 1546 participants
  Low

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) vs Blended foods (full dose)

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) probably leads to higher recovered compared with blended foods (full dose) (moderate certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.1 [1.04, 1.16]
  5 studies · 6367 participants
  Moderate

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) vs Blended foods (full dose)

Summary of findings: Lipid‐based nutrient supplements (full dose) leads to lower not recovered compared with blended foods (full dose) (high certainty).

• Specially formulated foods for treating children with moderate acute malnutrition in low‐ and middle‐income countries 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.53 [0.4, 0.69]
  3 studies · 4537 participants
  High

Supplementary feeding vs no food supplementation or placebo

• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 260 participants
  Moderate

Supplementary feeding vs no food supplementation or placebo

• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 308 participants
  Moderate
• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 308 participants
  Moderate

Supplementary feeding vs no food supplementation or placebo

• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 308 participants
  Low
• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 308 participants
  Low

Supplementary feeding vs no food supplementation or placebo

• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 260 participants
  Moderate
• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 260 participants
  Moderate