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. 2021 Dec 21;2021(12):CD002008. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002008.pub5
Database Search terms Date searched
CENTRAL #1 nutrit*
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Enteral Nutrition] explode all trees
#3 MeSH descriptor: [Nutrition Assessment] explode all trees
#4 MeSH descriptor: [Nutrition Therapy] explode all trees
#5 MeSH descriptor: [Nutrition Disorders] explode all trees
#6 diet*
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Diet] this term only
#8 MeSH descriptor: [Diet Therapy] explode all trees
#9 eat*
#10 MeSH descriptor: [Food Services] explode all trees
#11 MeSH descriptor: [Feeding Behavior] explode all trees
#12 MeSH descriptor: [Food Habits] explode all trees
#13 food
#14 MeSH descriptor: [Food] explode all trees
#15 MeSH descriptor: [Food, Fortified] explode all trees
#16 MeSH descriptor: [Food, Formulated] explode all trees
#17 MeSH descriptor: [Food Habits] explode all trees
#18 MeSH descriptor: [Food Services] explode all trees
#19 feed*
#20 MeSH descriptor: [Eating] explode all trees
#21 calori*
#22 MeSH descriptor: [Energy Intake] explode all trees
#23 MeSH descriptor: [Protein‐Energy Malnutrition] explode all trees
#24 MeSH descriptor: [Energy Intake] explode all trees
#25 energy
#26 oral nutritional supplement
#27 MeSH descriptor: [Dietary Supplements] explode all trees
#28 MeSH descriptor: [Nutritional Support] explode all trees
#29 sip feed
#30 suppl*
#31 MeSH descriptor: [Adult] explode all trees
#32 (#1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 or #21 or #22 or #23 or #24 or #25 or #26 or #27 or #28 or #29 or #30 or #31)
#33 weight
#34 weight gain
#35 MeSH descriptor: [Weight Gain] explode all trees5
#36 nutrit* status
#37 MeSH descriptor: [Nutritional Status] explode all trees
#38 (#33 or #34 or #35 or #36 or #37)
#39 (#32 and #38)
#40 (child* or pregnan* or starv* or baby* or babies or pediatric or paediatric or adolescen* or infant or mother* or matern* or obes* or overweight)
#41 (#39 not #40) Publication Year from 2016 to 2018
Search Notes:
Ran search strategy on Cochrane Library.
Limits: 
1.    Publication Year 2016‐2018
2.    Trials
10 January 2018
MEDLINE Ovid 1 nutrit*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]        
2 exp *Enteral Nutrition/ or exp *Nutrition Assessment/ or exp *Nutrition Therapy/ or exp *Nutrition Disorders/            
3 diet*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]        
4 Diet/ or exp *Diet Therapy/        
5 eat*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]        
6 exp *Food Services/ or exp *Feeding Behavior/ or exp *Food Habits/
7 food.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]            
8 exp *Food, Fortified/ or Food/ or exp *Food, Formulated/ or exp *Food Habits/ or exp *Food Services/        
9 feed*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]        
10 exp *Eating/
11 calori*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]            
12 exp *Energy Intake/
13 exp *Protein‐Energy Malnutrition/ or exp *Energy Intake/
14 energy.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]        
15 oral nutritional supplement.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]        
16 exp *Dietary Supplements/
17 exp *Nutritional Support/
18 sip feed.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]            
19 suppl*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]            
20 exp *Adult/ or exp *Dietary Supplements/
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            
22 weight.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]  
23 weight.mp.
24 weight gain.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
25 exp *Weight Gain/
26 nutrit* status.mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
27 exp *Nutritional Status/
28 27 or 25 or 22 or 24 or 26 or 23 29 28 and 21
30 limit 29 to yr="2016 ‐ 2018"
31 limit 30 to humans
32 limit 31 to (controlled clinical trial or randomized controlled trial)
33 limit 32 to "all adult (19 plus years)"
34 (obes* or overweight).mp. [mp=title, abstract, original title, name of substance word, subject heading word, keyword heading word, protocol supplementary concept word, rare disease supplementary concept word, unique identifier, synonyms]
35 33 not 34    
Search notes:
Ran search strategy on OVID platform. Includes all of Medline: ePub ahead of print, in‐process & other non‐indexed citations, OVID medline (R) daily and OVID medline (R) 1946‐present)
Limits:
  1. 2016‐2018

  2. Humans

  3. Randomised controlled trials & controlled clinical trials

  4. Adult aged  19+ years

10 January 2018
Embase Ovid 1 nutrit*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
2 exp *Enteral Nutrition/ or exp *Nutrition Assessment/ or exp *Nutrition Therapy/ or exp *Nutrition Disorders/
3 diet*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
4 Diet/ or exp *Diet Therapy/
5 eat*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
6 exp *Food Services/ or exp *Feeding Behavior/ or exp *Food Habits/
7 food.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
8 exp *Food, Fortified/ or Food/ or exp *Food, Formulated/ or exp *Food Habits/ or exp *Food Services/
9 feed*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
10 exp *Eating/
11 calori*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
12 exp *Energy Intake/
13 exp *Protein‐Energy Malnutrition/ or exp *Energy Intake/
14 energy.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
15 oral nutritional supplement.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
16 exp *Dietary Supplements/
17 exp *Nutritional Support/
18 sip feed.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
19 suppl*.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
20 exp *Adult/ or exp *Dietary Supplements/ 
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
22 weight.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]    
23 weight.mp.
24 weight gain.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
25 exp *Weight Gain/ 
26 nutrit* status.mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
27 exp *Nutritional Status/ 
28 27 or 25 or 22 or 24 or 26 or 23            
29 28 and 21
30 limit 29 to yr="2013 ‐ 2016"
31 limit 30 to human
32 limit 31 to (exclude medline journals and (randomized controlled trial or controlled clinical trial) and (adult <18 to 64 years> or aged <65+ years>))
33 (obes* or overweight).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading]
34 32 not 33    
Search notes:
Ran search strategy on OVID platform.  Embase 1974 – 2018 Week 2
 Limits:
  1. 2016‐2018

  2. Human

  3. Exclude MEDLINE journals

  4. Randomised controlled trials & controlled clinical trials

  5. Adult aged 18‐64 & 65+ years

10 January 2018
CINAHL
EBSCO
S1 TX nutrit* OR diet* OR eat OR food OR feed* OR calori* OR energy OR (oral nutritional supplement) OR (sip feed) OR suppl* OR educat* OR behav* OR snack* 
S2 TX weight OR nutrit* 
S3 S1 AND S2 
S4 (SU Pregnancy) OR (TI pregnan*) 
S5 (SU child*) OR (TI child*) 
S6 (SU Infant*) OR (TI infant*) 
S7 (SU Paediatric*) OR (TI Paediatric*) 
S8 (SU matern*) OR (TI matern*) 
S9 (SU matern*) OR (TI matern*) 
S10 (SU adolescen*) OR (TI adolescen*) 
S11 S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 OR S8 OR S9 OR S10 
S12 S3 NOT S11 
S13 (SU obes*) OR (SU overweight)
S14 S12 NOT S13 
Search notes:
Ran search strategy on EBSCHO host platform.
10/1/18 @ 3:30pm
Limits:
  1. Published date Oct 2016 – Jan 2018

  2. Exclude MEDLINE records

  3. All adult

  4. Human

10 January 2018
ISI Web of Science #1 
TS=(nutrit* OR diet* OR eat* OR food OR feed* OR calori* OR energy* OR sip OR suppl* OR snack OR educat* OR behav*)
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
#2 TS=(nutrit* OR weight gain)
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
#3 TS=(random* OR rct OR control* OR clinical)
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
#4 TS=(adult*)
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
#5 #1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
#6 ((TS=(child*)) or (TS=(pregnan*)) OR (TS=(animal* OR rat OR mouse OR guinea pig OR primate OR monkey OR cat OR dog)) OR (TS=(paediatric)) OR (TS=(adolescent*)) OR (TS=(starv*)) OR (TS=(infan*)) OR (TS=(matern*)) OR (TS=(mother*)) OR (TS=(baby)) OR (TS=(babies*)) OR (TS=(neonat*)))
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
#7 #5 NOT #6
Indexes=SCI‐EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI‐S, CPCI‐SSH, ESCI Timespan=2016‐2018
Search notes:
Ran search strategy on Web of Science (Core collection).
Limits:
  1. 2016 – 2018 timespan

10 January 2018
Scopus TITLE‐ABS‐KEY ( nutrit*  OR  diet*  OR  eat*  OR  food  OR  feed*  OR  calori*  OR  energy*  OR  sip  OR  suppl*  OR  snack  OR  educat*  OR  behav* )  AND  ( TITLE‐ABS‐KEY ( nutrit*  OR  weight  gain ) )  AND  ( TITLE‐ABS‐KEY ( random*  OR  rct  OR  control*  OR  clinical ) )  AND  ( TITLE‐ABS ( adult* ) )  AND 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 ( paediatric ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( adolescent* ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( starv* ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( infan* ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( matern* ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( mother* ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( baby ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( babies* ) )  AND NOT  ( ABS ( neonat* ) )  AND  ( LIMIT‐TO ( PUBYEAR ,  2016 )  OR  LIMIT‐TO ( PUBYEAR ,  2017 )  OR  LIMIT‐TO ( PUBYEAR ,  2018 ) ) 
Search notes:
Ran search strategy on Scopus.
Limits:
  1. Publication year 2016 – 2018

10 January 2018
ClinicalTrials.gov nutrit* OR diet* OR eat OR food OR feed* OR calori* OR energy OR (oral nutritional supplement) OR (sip feed) OR suppl* OR educat* OR behav* OR snack* | Interventional Studies | (dietary advice) OR (oral nutritional supplement*) OR (dietary counselling) OR (nutrition* counselling) OR (nutrition* supplement*) OR (oral nutrition supplement*) OR dietitian OR dietician OR (sip feed) OR (food fortification) OR (increase* intake) | Adult, Senior | First posted from 11/10/2016 to 01/10/2018
Search notes:
Ran search strategy on Clinical Trials.gov.
Limits:
  1. Studies first posted from 11/10/2016 to 10/1/2018

  2. Adult & Senior

10
January 2018