Lipid-based nutrient supplement increases the birth size of infants of primiparous women in Ghana

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 835-846

  Adu Afarwuah, Seth ^a   Lartey, Anna ^a   Okronipa, Harriet ^a   Ashorn, Per ^b   Zeilani, Mamane ^c   Peerson, Janet M ^d   Arimond, Mary ^d   Vosti, Stephen ^d   Dewey, Kathryn G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Nutriset SAS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Fetal growth restriction; Lipid based nutrient supplements; Maternal nutrition; Multiple micronutrients; Pregnancy outcome; Prenatal supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; LIPID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GHANA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929659303     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.091546     Document Type: Article

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