The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: a randomized controlled trial
The impact of lipid-based nutrient supplement provision to pregnant women on newborn size in rural Malawi: a randomized controlled trial
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DOI:
10.3945/ajcn.114.088617
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发表时间:
2015-02-01
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
Maleta, Kenneth
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作者:
Ashorn, Per;Alho, Lotta;Maleta, Kenneth
Background: Small birth size, often associated with insufficient maternal nutrition, contributes to a large share of global child undernutrition, morbidity, and mortality. We developed a small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS) to enrich the diets of pregnant women.Objective: The objective was to test a hypothesis that home fortification of pregnant women's diets with SQ-LNS would increase birth size in an African community.Design: We enrolled 1391 women with uncomplicated pregnancies (