Cochrane · systematic review · CD009924
Food supplementation for improving the physical and psychosocial health of socio‐economically disadvantaged children aged three months to five years
Kristjansson, E, Francis, DK, Liberato, S, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning ProblemsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
12
current version
GRADE rated
12
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 41.7%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 7 · 58.3%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding compared to control ‐ growth RCTs for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged children aged three months to five years
Population: Low‐ and middle‐income children aged 3 months to 5 years
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Weight gain (kg) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ growth RCTs | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 1057 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Height gain (cm) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ growth RCTs | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 1463 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Weight‐for‐age: z‐scores (WAZ) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ growth RCTs | no estimate extracted | 8 studies · 1565 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Height‐for‐age: z‐scores (HAZ) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ growth RCTs | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 4544 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Weight‐for‐height: z‐scores (WHZ) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ growth RCTs | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 4073 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding compared to control. CBAs for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged children aged three months to five years
Population: Children aged 3 months to 5 years
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Weight gain (kg) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control. CBAs | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 1784 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Height gain (cm) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control. CBAs | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 1782 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Weight‐for‐age: z‐scores (WAZ) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control. CBAs | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 999 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Height‐for‐age: z‐scores (HAZ) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control. CBAs | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 999 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Weight‐ for‐height: z‐scores (WHZ) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control. CBAs | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 999 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding compared to control ‐ psychosocial development RCTs for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged children aged three months to five years
Population: Children aged 3 months to 5 years
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mental Development Index (total) Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ psychosocial development RCTs | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 113 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Psychomotor development Low‐ and middle‐income countries: Feeding vs control ‐ psychosocial development RCTs | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 178 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |