Spirulina and Increased Weight

• Assessing the impact of Spirulina supplementation on the growth of children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2026-03-16
  • Systematic Review
  • Frontiers in nutrition 13
  • • Bijaya Kumar Mishra
    • Jaya Singh Kshatri
    • Bharati Kulkarni
    • Swagatika Pati
    • Harshita Dhusiya
    • Pritimayee Sethy
    • Tanveer Rehman
    • Aparna Mukherjee
    • Srikanta Kanungo
    • Sanghamitra Pati

  • PubMed: 41919083
  • DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1779491

  2 Insights on

  • Increased Weight

  • High evidence
  • Children

  The pooled SMD for weight changes was -0.526 (95% CI, -1.289 to 0.236), indicating no statistically significant effect (p = 0.176).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No