SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2019
Snack food and beverage consumption and young child nutrition in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.
Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
62 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Impact of unhealthy food and beverage consumption on children's risk of dental caries: a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption in Children and Risk of Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Improving nutritional status among urban poor children in sub-Saharan Africa: An evidence-informed Delphi-based consultation.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Snack food and beverage consumption and young child nutrition in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Potential of Egg as Complementary Food to Improve Nutrient Intake and Dietary Diversity.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Fruit- and Vegetable-Based Food Bars for Children with Stunting: a Narrative Review of Formulation and Nutritional Adequacy.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- The Food Environment Perceptions Survey: development and piloting of a survey instrument in India and Cambodia to assess consumers' interactions with diverse food environments.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Assessing complementary feeding practices using WHO 2021 Indicators: Insights from Delhi's socioeconomic groups.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Preschoolers in severely food insecure Guatemalan Mayan households consume a monotonous grain-based diet.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption Among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Nutrition transition's latest stage: Are ultra-processed food increases in low- and middle-income countries dooming our preschoolers' diets and future health?Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Comparison of an Open versus List-Based Dietary Recall Method to Assess Unhealthy Feeding Practices among Infants and Young Children.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- The consequences of ultra-processed foods on brain development during prenatal, adolescent and adult stages.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Article
- Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages by Polish Young Adults: A Preliminary Study on the Importance of Sugar Tax Familiarity and Health Effects.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Diet Quality Among Mothers and Children in India: Roles of Social and Behavior Change Communication and Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Mapping ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in India: a formative research study.BMC public health · 2024Review
- The Olympic game's up: it's time for the IOC to stop promoting sugary drinks.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- A randomized controlled trial of sweet basil leaf powder-enriched cookies for anemia management in adolescent girls.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Although snacks can provide important nutrients for young children during the complementary feeding period, the increasing availability of snack foods and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), often energy-dense and nutrient-poor, in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is a concern. Such foods may displace consumption of nutritious foods in contexts where diets are often nutritionally inadequate and the burden of childhood malnutrition is high. This systematic review summarizes literature on the contribution of snack food/SSB consumption to total energy intakes (TEI) of children below 23 months of age in LMIC and associations between this consumption and nutritional outcomes. It also identifies areas where further research is needed. A systematic search of Embase, Global Health, and MEDLINE for literature published in January 1990-July 2018 was conducted. This search yielded 8,299 studies, 13 of which met inclusion criteria: Nine studies assessed % TEI from snack foods/SSB, and four studies assessed associations between snack food/SSB consumption and nutritional outcomes. Average % TEI from snack foods/SSB ranged from 13% to 38%. Findings regarding associations with growth were inconclusive, and no studies assessed associations with nutrient intakes. Variation in measurement of consumption and definitions of snack foods and SSB limited study comparisons. Further research is needed to understand how consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor snack foods and SSB influences undernutrition and overnutrition among young children during the complementary feeding period in settings that are experiencing dietary transitions and the double burden of malnutrition.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.