Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies and their prevalence of wasting among children age less than years in Ethiopia

S.N	Author/year	Study region	Study design	Sample size	Events/cases	Prevalence	Study quality
1.	Abate et al.,2016 [41]	Oromia	Case control	288	143		High
2.	Amera et al.,2019 [33]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	431	35	8	High
3.	Derso et al.,2017 [34]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	587	100	17	High
4.	Fekadu et al.,2015 [30]	Somalia	Cross-sectional	214	37	17.5	High
5.	Forsido et al.,2021 [35]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	558	57	9.7	High
6.	Geremariam et al.,2022 [20]	Amhara	Case control	201	67		High
7.	Sahiledengle et al., 2022 [32]	EDHS	Cross-sectional	2146	167	7.8	High
8.	Sewnet et al.,2022 [36]	Amhara	Cross-sectional	421	48	11.5	High
9.	Tadesse et al.,2017 [37]	SNNPRS	Cross-sectional	645	64	9.9	High
10.	Tafese et al.,2020 [38]	Amhara &Oromia	Cross-sectional	464	57	12.3	High
11.	Tafese et al.,2022 [31]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	371	37	9.9	High
12.	Worku et al.,2021 [29]	A.A	Cross-sectional	377	18	4.7	High
13.	Yazwe et al.,2021 [39]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	500	59	11.8	High
14.	Yazwe et al.,2022 [40]	Oromia	Cross-sectional	612	86	14.1	High