Review of the importance of nutrition during the first 1000 days: Maternal nutritional status and its associations with fetal growth and birth, neonatal and infant outcomes among African women

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 144-162

  Wrottesley, S V ^a   Lamper, C ^a,b   Pisa, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; birth outcomes; fetal growth; first 1000 days; maternal nutrition

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84959558280     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174415001439     Document Type: Review

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