SUMMARY
Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) is used as one of the therapies used in Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)
children. RUTF, apart from being available in the WHO Standards, has also been modified according to a country’s
preferences and local food. This study compares the impact of standard RUTF and modified RUTF on the nutritional
status of SAM. In this meta-analysis, out of 3,554 SAM studies, accessed from Science Direct, Google Scholar,
PubMed, and Cochrane, 25 studies met the selection criteria. The result indicated that modified RUTF significantly
increases of rate weight, height, and MUAC per day of children with SAM.
Keywords: Meta-analysis, Nutritional status, Ready-to-use Therapeutic food, Severe acute malnutrition children