| Study ID | References to other relevant studies | Correspondence required (yes or no, and why) | Further study information requested | Correspondence received (from whom, what, when) | Information used in review |
| Neufeld 2013 | — | Abstract, requested full text | MV emailed author on 10 April 2018 | Received email from Lynnette Neufeld <lneufeld@gainhealth.org> on 12 April 2018, who provided 2 full texts. | Screened 2 full texts provided |
| Shamah‐Levy 2015 | — | Abstract, requested full text | MV emailed author on 10 April 2018 | Received email from Elsa Berenice Gaona Pineda <berenicegp.insp@gmail.com> on 10 April 2018 with full text | Screened 1 full text provided |
| Wood | — | Abstract, requested full text | MRC library requested dissertation requested on 12 April 2018 | No response | None |
| Kusuma 2016 | — | Method of randomisation of village clusters not clear, data from nutrition and food security intervention comparisons required, treatment regimen of control group unclear | AS emailed author about outcomes on 6 February 2018 (follow‐up on 13 February 2018 and 13 March 2018). Authors only nutrition outcomes is whether mothers took supplements therefore review excluded on the basis of no relevant outcomes | No response from dkusuma@mail.harvard.edu | None |
| Murshed E Jahan 2011 | — | Baseline data | MV emailed author on 22 March 2018 | No response from 'k.jahan@cgiar.org'; d.pemsl@cgiar.org | None |
| Skoufias 2013 | — | Additional outcome data, requested study report | MV emailed author on 8 June 2018 | Received email from Emmanuel skoufias <eskoufias@worldbank.org on 8 June 2018 | Need to screen 1 full text in Spanish |
| Asadullah 2015 | — | nrs LTFU unclear and nrs of participants do not match between tables in paper; unclear units of measurement and measure of central tendency; data duplicated for two outcomes | SD emailed author Mohammad N. Asadullah about nrs LTFU and participant numbers on 31 July 18; AB emailed author on two additional email addresses on 7 February 2019 to follow‐up SD queries and additional issues identified in outcome extraction. AB followed up on 18 February 19. | Author responded on 6 March 19 from m.niaz@um.edu.my and endeavoured to provide further information | None yet |
| Asfaw 2014 | — | Mean monthly food consumption expenditure exceeds mean total monthly household consumption expenditure (defined as including all household expenses) | AB emailed author Patrick Ward on 28 January 19 to determine whether mean household food consumption expenditure is not included in mean total monthly household expenditure and, if not the case, why this sub‐category exceeds the category total. AB followed up on 18 February 19. | Author responded on 19 February 19 from patrick.ward@opml.co.uk and endeavoured to provide further information, requested from Aly Visram (co‐author; aly.visram@opml.co.uk) on 28 February 2019 | None yet |
| Weinhardt 2017 | — | yes. Information re clarification of outcome malnutrition in paper and what it means exactly | SD emailed Weinhardt and Alice Yan about clarification of table 3 malnutrition outcome and whether there are separate results for stunting and wasting | No response | — |
| Darrouzet‐Nardi 2016 | — | yes. Information re correct data for HAZ in table 4 of Miller 2014 | SD emailed both Darrouzet‐Nardi and Miller on 25 September 2019 re this issue | No response | — |
| Seidenfeld 2013 | Daidone 2014 | yes. Effect measure and narrative description of result on food security scale discrepant. | SD emailed 14 October 2019 | Response on 18 December 2019, responding to query. | Correct effect direction confirmed and used in the review |
| Nkonya 2019 | — | Yes. | AB emailed 1 April 2020 to clarify study design eligibility. | Yes | Study excluded |
| Hidrobo 2014 | — | Yes | MV emailed 29 April 2020. Request for number of participants analysed per group | No response | — |
| Osei 2017 | — | Yes | MV emailed 30 April 2020. Request for number of participants analysed per group | No response | — |
| Beegle 2017 | — | Yes | MV emailed 30 April 2020. Request for number of participants analysed per group | Yes. Provided required information. | Enabled meta‐analysis to be carried out |