Salas‐Salvado 2005.

Methods	Method of randomisation: centralised and both groups stratified by initial BMI Assessor blinding: no information given re attempts to blind assessors as intervention very obvious presume unblinded Intention to treat: no Lost to follow‐up: not recorded but numbers do not add up Timing of intervention: 3 months Length of follow‐up: 3 months
Participants	Location: 6 geriatric institutions Catalonia spain, 53 patients Inclusion criteria: Alzheimers disease DSM IV criteria 3 or above, requiring semi solid or liquid diet, and present weight loss or higher than 5% weight loss in the previous year Exclusion criteria: terminal care, sever acute illness, cancer or history of in last 5years, sever GI disease or any other acute illness able to affect nutritional status during study, significant hepatic or renal disease, enteral or parenteral nutritional support at time of study, chronic treatment with steroids antineoplastic drugs or antibiotics, diabetic patients on insulin, use of nutritional supplements 15days prior to study. Sex: 44 female, 9 male Age: mean 84.7years
Interventions	A: semi solid foods plus dietetic advice, 3 x 451.52kcals per day plus other normal intake B: dietetic advice plus access to above foods as an extra Allocated: 24, 29 Assessed: 15, 23 at 3 months
Outcomes	Weight change Dietetic intake Functional rating scale
Notes	Numbers don't add up in outcomes section
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment?	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear