Document Type
Article
Department
Community Health Sciences
Abstract
South Asia has >50% of the global burden of low birth weight (LBW). The objective was to determine the extent to which maternal nutrition interventions commenced before conception or in the 1st trimester improved fetal growth in this region. This was a secondary analysis of combined newborn anthropometric data for the South Asian sites (India and Pakistan) in the Women First Preconception Maternal Nutrition Trial. Participants were 972 newborn of mothers who were poor, rural, unselected on basis of nutritional status, and had been randomized to receive a daily lipid-based micronutrient supplement commencing ≥3 months prior to conception (Arm 1), in the 1st trimester (Arm 2), or not at all (Arm 3). An additional protein-energy supplement was provided if BMI/m2 or gestational weight gain was less than guidelines. Gestational age was established in the 1st trimester and newborn anthropometry obtained
Publication (Name of Journal)
PLoS One
Recommended Citation
Dhaded, S. M.,
Hambidge, K. M.,
Ali, S. A.,
Somannavar, M.,
Saleem, S.,
Pasha, O.,
Khan, U.,
Herekar, V.,
Vernekar, S.,
S, Y. K.
(2020). Preconception nutrition intervention improved birth length and reduced stunting and wasting in newborns in south Asia: The women first randomized controlled trial. PLoS One, 15(1), e0218960.
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