Table 1.

Inclusion criteria for urban poverty and nutrition studies

Criteria	Inclusion
Type of Literature	Peer reviewed journal articles.
Type of Studies	Qualitative or quantitative empirical studies.
“Intervention”	Studies looking at individuals or households described as poor through income, assets, geographic location/areas lacking basic services, participation in social program for socially disadvantaged groups or those directly defined as poor through specific poverty indexes.
Level of Analysis	Analyses of poor individuals, families or households settled in urban areas.
Analytical Perspective	Descriptive analyses or in-depth cases looking at the urban poor. Comparative analyses comparing urban poor with urban non-poor or with rural poor.
Outcome	Healthy diet, anemia, overweight and obesity, micronutrient deficiency, micronutrient malnutrition.
Target Population	Urban populations. “Urban” could be defined in terms of population size, population density, type of economic activity, level of infrastructure, or a combination of these or other criteria.