Table 1.

Country and setting of included studies

Country	Setting	No. of studies
Documented severe malnutrition studies
Jamaica	Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Kingston	3
Senegal	Urban nutritional rehabilitation units, Thiès and Dakar	2
Malawi	Nutrition ward at central hospital, Blantyre	2
Uganda	Infantile Malnutrition Research Unit, Kampala	2
Mexico	Paediatric hospitals, Mexico City	2
Ethiopia	Urban health centres, Jimma and Gondar	1
Gambia	Medical Research Council field station, West Kiang	1
Kenya	Rural hospital, Kijabe	1
Total		14
Famine studies
China	Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961)	30
The Netherlands	Dutch Hunger Winter (1944–1945)	4
Russia	Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)	3
England	German occupation of Channel Islands (1944–1945)	2
Ukraine	Holodomor famine (1932–1933)	2
Bangladesh	Post-monsoon famine (1974–1975)	1
Nigeria	Biafran civil war (1967–1970)	1
Total		43