Trial of ready-to-use supplemental food and corn-soy blend in pregnant Malawian women with moderate malnutrition: A randomized controlled clinical trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1062-1069

  Callaghan Gillespie, Meghan ^a   Schaffner, Andrew A ^b   Garcia, Patsy ^b   Fry, Jocelyn ^b   Eckert, Rachael ^b   Malek, Shirin ^b   Trehan, Indi ^a,c   Thakwalakwa, Chrissie ^c   Maleta, Kenneth M ^c   Manary, Mark J ^a,c   Papathakis, Peggy C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Dietary supplementation; Malawi; Maternal malnutrition; Pregnancy; RUSF

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; NUTRACEUTICAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOY FOOD; WEIGHT GAIN; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOYBEAN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85032008498     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.157198     Document Type: Article

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