August 25, 2025Nutrition ReviewsOpen Access

Impact of the Intensive Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Intervention Program on the Prevention of Wasting and Nutritional Edema in Infants and Children up to 5 Years Old: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Systematic review shows IYCF counseling has little to no effect on wasting in infants and children, suggesting further research is needed.

IYCF counseling had little impact on the prevalence of wasting, indicating limited effectiveness in preventing this issue.
Compared to controls, the relative risk for prevalence of wasting stood at 0.93, pointing to uncertain benefits from counseling interventions.
Data sourced from 10 randomized controlled trials indicates that IYCF counseling did not influence key anthropometric outcomes significantly.
Findings highlight a need for further investigations into the effects of IYCF counseling on child morbidity outcomes.

Rahim et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Systematic review shows IYCF counseling has little to no effect on wasting in infants and children, suggesting further research is needed.