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SynthesisInternational journal for equity in health2025

Impact of nutrition and health interventions on undernutrition: an overview of systematic reviews.

Mireya Vilar-Compte, Natalia Rovelo-Velázquez, Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen, Michelle Ashwin Mehta

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Synthesis in International journal for equity in health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mireya Vilar-CompteHealth, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA. mvilar@worldbank.org.
Natalia Rovelo-VelázquezHealth, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA.
Hoa Thi Mai NguyenHealth, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA.
Michelle Ashwin MehtaHealth, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nearly two decades after adopting SDG 2 to end malnutrition by 2030, significant challenges persist, including high anemia rates and stalled progress in reducing stunting and low birth weight. This paper provides an overview of the latest systematic reviews and meta-analyses on nutrition and health interventions assessing their effects on undernutrition and breastfeeding indicators. A systematic review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines, searching PubMed for relevant systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between 2018-2023. The search yielded 881 reports, with 46 systematic reviews and meta-analyses included after screening. These reviews spanned multiple regions and assessed various nutrition interventions. The findings underscore robust evidence for effective nutrition interventions but highlight that a large proportion of this evidence emerges from trials, posing significant challenges for translating this evidence into actual scale up, implementation, and sustainability.

Indexed as

MalnutritionBreast FeedingHumansNutritional StatusSystematic Reviews as TopicAnemiaBreastfeedingLow birthweightNutrition-specificSDG 2.2StuntingWasting

Identifiers

PMID41102747
PMCPMC12532458

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