The effect of balanced protein energy supplementation in undernourished pregnant women and child physical growth in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-432

  Stevens, Briony ^a   Buettner, Petra ^a   Watt, Kerrianne ^a   Clough, Alan ^a   Brimblecombe, Julie ^b   Judd, Jenni ^a,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child growth; International child health nutrition; Low income countries; Maternal nutrition; Systematic review; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIRTH LENGTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

PROTEIN INTAKE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84942550026     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12183     Document Type: Review

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