What do systematic reviews say?

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