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 | |