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MEDLINE Ovid	1 nutrit*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (197693) 2 exp *Enteral Nutrition/ or exp *Nutrition Assessment/ or exp *Nutrition Therapy/ or exp *Nutrition Disorders/ (167285) 3 diet*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (374221) 4 Diet/ or exp *Diet Therapy/ (96580) 5 eat*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (70476) 6 exp *Food Services/ or exp *Feeding Behavior/ or exp *Food Habits/(35764) 7 food.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (269212) 8 exp *Food, Fortified/ or Food/ or exp *Food, Formulated/ or exp *Food Habits/ or exp *Food Services/ (37268) 9 feed*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (231101) 10 exp *Eating/ (17444) 11 calori*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (47662) 12 exp *Energy Intake/ (7820) 13 exp *Protein‐Energy Malnutrition/ or exp *Energy Intake/ (13550) 14 energy.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (250080) 15 oral nutritional supplement.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (25) 16 exp *Dietary Supplements/ (10700) 17 exp *Nutritional Support/ (21933) 18 sip feed.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (17) 19 suppl*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (287335) 20 exp *Adult/ or exp *Dietary Supplements/ (35396) 21 11 or 7 or 17 or 2 or 1 or 18 or 16 or 13 or 6 or 3 or 9 or 12 or 20 or 14 or 15 or 8 or 4 or 19 or 10 or 5 (1362303) 22 weight.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (626210) 23 weight.mp. (626210) 24 weight gain.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (34990) 25 exp *Weight Gain/ (4196) 26 nutrit* status.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (24171) 27 exp *Nutritional Status/ (6871) 28 27 or 25 or 22 or 24 or 26 or 23 (642887) 29 28 and 21 (180107) 30 limit 29 to yr="2005 ‐ 2008" (34527) 31 limit 30 to humans (22734) 32 limit 31 to controlled clinical trial (200) 33 from 32 keep 1‐200 (200) 34 from 33 keep 1‐200 (200) 35 from 33 keep 1‐200 (200)	February 2010
Embase Ovid	1 nutrit*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (197693) 2 exp *Enteral Nutrition/ or exp *Nutrition Assessment/ or exp *Nutrition Therapy/ or exp *Nutrition Disorders/ (167285) 3 diet*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (374221) 4 Diet/ or exp *Diet Therapy/ (96580) 5 eat*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (70476) 6 exp *Food Services/ or exp *Feeding Behavior/ or exp *Food Habits/(35764) 7 food.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (269212) 8 exp *Food, Fortified/ or Food/ or exp *Food, Formulated/ or exp *Food Habits/ or exp *Food Services/ (37268) 9 feed*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (231101) 10 exp *Eating/ (17444) 11 calori*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (47662) 12 exp *Energy Intake/ (7820) 13 exp *Protein‐Energy Malnutrition/ or exp *Energy Intake/ (13550) 14 energy.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (250080) 15 oral nutritional supplement.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (25) 16 exp *Dietary Supplements/ (10700) 17 exp *Nutritional Support/ (21933) 18 sip feed.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (17) 19 suppl*.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (287335) 20 exp *Adult/ or exp *Dietary Supplements/ (35396) 21 11 or 7 or 17 or 2 or 1 or 18 or 16 or 13 or 6 or 3 or 9 or 12 or 20 or 14 or 15 or 8 or 4 or 19 or 10 or 5 (1362303) 22 weight.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (626210) 23 weight.mp. (626210) 24 weight gain.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (34990) 25 exp *Weight Gain/ (4196) 26 nutrit* status.mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (24171) 27 exp *Nutritional Status/ (6871) 28 27 or 25 or 22 or 24 or 26 or 23 (642887) 29 28 and 21 (180107) 30 limit 29 to yr="2005 ‐ 2008" (34527) 31 limit 30 to humans (22734) 32 limit 31 to controlled clinical trial (200) 33 from 32 keep 1‐200 (200) 34 from 33 keep 1‐200 (200) 35 from 33 keep 1‐200 (200)	February 2010
Cinahl EBSCO	(TX+(weight)+OR+(TX+(nutrit*) +AND+ (TX+(nutrit*) +OR+(TX+(diet*) +OR+(TX+(eat) +OR+(TX+(food) +OR+(TX+(feed*) +OR+(TX+(calori*) +OR+(TX+(energy) +OR+(TX+(oral+nutritional+supplement) +OR+(TX+(sip+feed) +OR+(TX+(suppl*) +OR+(TX+(educat*) +OR+(TX+(behav*) +OR+(TX+(snack) NOTE: TX denotes a word in the full text	February 2010
ISI Web of Science (Searched on dates between 2005‐2010)	(nutrit* OR diet* OR eat* OR food OR feed* OR calori* OR energy* OR sip OR suppl* OR snack OR educat* OR behav*) AND (nutrit* OR weight gain) AND (random* OR RCT OR control* OR clinical) NOT (child* OR infant OR paediatric) NOT (animal OR rat OR mouse OR guinea pig OR primate OR monkey OR cat OR dog)	February 2010
Scopus (Searched on dates between 2005‐2010)	TITLE‐ABSKEY ( nutrit* OR diet* OR eat* OR food OR feed* OR calori* OR energy* OR sip OR suppl* OR snack OR educat* KEY ( nutrit* OR weight gain ) ) AND ( TITLE‐ABS‐KEY ( random* OR rct OR control* OR clinical ) ) AND ( TITLE‐NOT ( ABS ( child* ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( pregnan* ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( animal* OR rat OR mouse OR guinea pig OR primate OR monkey OR cat OR dog ) ) AND NOT ( ABS NOT ( ABS ( adolescent* ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( starv* ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( infan* ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( matern* ) ) AND NOT NOT ( ABS ( baby ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( babies* ) ) AND NOT ( ABS ( neonat* ) ) AND ( LIMIT‐TO ( PUBYEAR , 2016 ) OR 2017 ) OR LIMIT‐TO ( PUBYEAR, 2018 ) )