Gut Microbiota–Targeted Nutritional Interventions Improving Child Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

2021

Park, 2020, Interventions to improve linear growth during complementary feeding period for children aged 6-24 months living in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, Gates Open Res., 3, 1660, 10.12688/gatesopenres.13083.2

2014

2018

Robertson, 2020, The gut microbiome in child malnutrition, Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser., 93, 133, 10.1159/000503352

Mirzaei, 2020, Bacteriophages isolated from stunted children can regulate gut bacterial communities in an age-specific manner, Cell Host Microbe., 27, 199, 10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.004

Aakko, 2017, Lipid-based nutrient supplements do not affect gut Bifidobacterium microbiota in Malawian infants: a randomized trial, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 64, 610, 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001333

Hill, 2014, Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic, Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol., 11, 506, 10.1038/nrgastro.2014.66

Onubi, 2015, Effects of probiotics on child growth: a systematic review, J Health Popul Nutr., 34, 8, 10.1186/s41043-015-0010-4

Angelakis, 2013, Related actions of probiotics and antibiotics on gut microbiota and weight modification, Lancet Infect Dis., 13, 889, 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70179-8

Solis, 2002, Probiotics as a help in children suffering from malnutrition and diarrhoea, Eur J Clin Nutr., 56, S57, 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601488

Gibson, 2017, Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics, Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol., 14, 491, 10.1038/nrgastro.2017.75

Pekmez, 2019, Gut microbiota alterations and dietary modulation in childhood malnutrition – the role of short chain fatty acids, Clin Nutr., 38, 615, 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.02.014

Slavin, 2013, Fiber and prebiotics: mechanisms and health benefits, Nutrients., 5, 1417, 10.3390/nu5041417

Swanson, 2020, The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of synbiotics, Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol., 17, 687, 10.1038/s41575-020-0344-2

Markowiak, 2017, Effects of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics on human health, Nutrients., 9, 1021, 10.3390/nu9091021

Dror, 2017, Microbiota manipulation for weight change, Microb Pathog., 106, 146, 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.01.002

Szajewska, 2013, Growth of infants fed formula supplemented with Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 or Lactobacillus GG: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials, BMC Pediatr., 13, 185, 10.1186/1471-2431-13-185

Andrews, 2019, Contextual risk factors impacting the colonization and development of the intestinal microbiota: implications for children in low- and middle-income countries, Dev Psychobiol., 61, 714, 10.1002/dev.21823

Grantham-McGregor, 2014, Effects of integrated child development and nutrition interventions on child development and nutritional status, Ann N Y Acad Sci., 1308, 11, 10.1111/nyas.12284

O’Mahony, 2017, Early-life adversity and brain development: is the microbiome a missing piece of the puzzle?, Neuroscience., 342, 37, 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.09.068

Moher, 2009, Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement, PLoS Med., 6, e1000097, 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097

2020

De Onis, 2006

2009

2013

Murad, 2017, Rating the certainty in evidence in the absence of a single estimate of effect, Evid Based Med., 22, 85, 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110668

Follmann, 1992, Variance imputation for overviews of clinical trials with continuous response, J Clin Epidemiol., 45, 769, 10.1016/0895-4356(92)90054-Q

Leppik, 2004, Reproducibility of anthropometric measurements in children: a longitudinal study, Anthropol Anz., 62, 79, 10.1127/anthranz/62/2004/79

Duggan, 2003, Oligofructose-supplemented infant cereal: 2 randomized, blinded, community-based trials in Peruvian infants, Am J Clin Nutr., 77, 937, 10.1093/ajcn/77.4.937

2020

Grenov, 2017, Effect of probiotics on diarrhea in children with severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled study in Uganda, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 64, 396, 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001515

Hemalatha, 2014, A community-based randomized double blind controlled trial of Lactobacillus paracasei and Bifidobacterium lactis on reducing risk for diarrhea and fever in preschool children in an urban slum in India, Eur J Nutr Food Saf., 4, 325, 10.9734/EJNFS/2014/8280

Kara, 2019, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG can protect malnourished children, Benef Microbes., 10, 237, 10.3920/BM2018.0071

Kusumo, 2019, Lactobacillus plantarum IS-10506 supplementation increases faecal sIgA and immune response in children younger than two years, Benef Microbes., 10, 245, 10.3920/BM2017.0178

Mai, 2021, Efficacy of probiotics on digestive disorders and acute respiratory infections: a controlled clinical trial in young Vietnamese children, Eur J Clin Nutr., 75, 513, 10.1038/s41430-020-00754-9

Silva, 2008, Growth of preschool children was improved when fed an iron-fortified fermented milk beverage supplemented with Lactobacillus acidophilus, Nutr Res., 28, 226, 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.02.002

Sur, 2011, Role of probiotic in preventing acute diarrhoea in children: a community-based, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled field trial in an urban slum, Epidemiol Infect., 139, 919, 10.1017/S0950268810001780

Argaw, 2018, Effects of n–3 long-chain PUFA supplementation to lactating mothers and their breastfed children on child growth and morbidity: a 2× 2 factorial randomized controlled trial in rural Ethiopia, Am J Clin Nutr., 107, 454, 10.1093/ajcn/nqx057

Jones, 2015, Ready-to-use therapeutic food with elevated n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content, with or without fish oil, to treat severe acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial, BMC Med., 13, 93, 10.1186/s12916-015-0315-6

Nakamura, 2006, Prebiotic effect of daily fructooligosaccharide intake on weight gain and reduction of acute diarrhea among children in a Bangladesh urban slum: a randomized double-masked placebo-controlled study, Trop Med Health., 34, 125, 10.2149/tmh.34.125

Paganini, 2017, Prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides mitigate the adverse effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiome: a randomised controlled study in Kenyan infants, Gut., 66, 1956, 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314418

Ribeiro, 2012, Stool pattern changes in toddlers consuming a follow-on formula supplemented with polydextrose and galactooligosaccharides, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 54, 288, 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31823a8a4c

Kosuwon, 2018, A synbiotic mixture of scGOS/lcFOS and Bifidobacterium breve M-16V increases faecal Bifidobacterium in healthy young children, Benef Microbes., 9, 541, 10.3920/BM2017.0110

Sazawal, 2010, Effects of Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 and prebiotic oligosaccharide added to milk on iron status, anemia, and growth among children 1 to 4 years old, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 51, 341, 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181d98e45

Kerac, 2009, Probiotics and prebiotics for severe acute malnutrition (PRONUT study): a double-blind efficacy randomised controlled trial in Malawi, Lancet., 374, 136, 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60884-9

Castro-Mejía, 2020, Restitution of gut microbiota in Ugandan children administered with probiotics (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12) during treatment for severe acute malnutrition, Gut Microbes., 11, 855, 10.1080/19490976.2020.1712982

Edwards, 2020, Microbiota on biotics: probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics to optimize growth and metabolism, Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol., 319, G382, 10.1152/ajpgi.00028.2020

Skórka, 2018, Infant formulae supplemented with prebiotics: are they better than unsupplemented formulae? An updated systematic review, Br J Nutr., 119, 810, 10.1017/S0007114518000120

Roberfroid, 2010, Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits, Br J Nutr., 104, S1, 10.1017/S0007114510003363

Douglas, 2008, Probiotics and prebiotics in dietetics practice, J Am Diet Assoc., 108, 510, 10.1016/j.jada.2007.12.009

Davis, 2010, A dose dependent impact of prebiotic galactooligosaccharides on the intestinal microbiota of healthy adults, Int J Food Microbiol., 144, 285, 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.10.007

Braegger, 2011, Supplementation of infant formula with probiotics and/or prebiotics: a systematic review and comment by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 52, 238, 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181fb9e80

Kok, 2019, An in vitro enrichment strategy for formulating synergistic synbiotics, Appl Environ Microbiol., 85, e01073, 10.1128/AEM.01073-19

Chua, 2017, Effect of synbiotic on the gut microbiota of cesarean delivered infants: a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr., 65, 102, 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001623

Davani-Davari, 2019, Prebiotics: definition, types, sources, mechanisms, and clinical applications, Foods., 8, 92, 10.3390/foods8030092

Stewart, 2013, Contextualising complementary feeding in a broader framework for stunting prevention, Matern Child Nutr., 9, 27, 10.1111/mcn.12088

Gehrig, 2019, Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children, Science., 365, eaau4732, 10.1126/science.aau4732

Chen, 2021, A microbiota-directed food intervention for undernourished children, N Engl J Med., 384, 1517, 10.1056/NEJMoa2023294

Salminen, 2021, The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of postbiotics, Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol., 18, 649, 10.1038/s41575-021-00440-6

Luby, 2018, Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial, Lancet Glob Health., 6, e302, 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30490-4

Pickering, 2019, The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea, Lancet Glob Health., 7, e1139, 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30268-2