The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 387-397

  Ashorn, Per ^a,b   Alho, Lotta ^a   Ashorn, Ulla ^a   Cheung, Yin Bun ^a,c   Dewey, Kathryn G ^d   Harjunmaa, Ulla ^a   Lartey, Anna ^e   Nkhoma, Minyanga ^f   Phiri, Nozgechi ^f   Phuka, John ^f   Vosti, Stephen A ^d   Zeilani, Mamane ^g   Maleta, Kenneth ^f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^g Nutriset SAS   (France)

Author keywords

Home fortification; Intrauterine growth restriction; Lipid based nutrient supplements; Pregnant women; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; LIPID; TRACE ELEMENT; IRON INTAKE;

AFRICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAWI; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STUNTING; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; CALORIC INTAKE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; IRON, DIETARY; MALAWI; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922688916     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.088617     Document Type: Article

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