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- Title
The effect of folic acid, protein energy and multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy on stillbirths.
- Authors
Imdad, Aamer; Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A
- Abstract
Pregnancy is a state of increased requirement of macro- and micronutrients, and malnourishment or inadequate dietary intake before and during pregnancy, can lead to adverse perinatal outcomes including stillbirths. Many nutritional interventions have been proposed during pregnancy according to the nutritional status of the mother and baseline risk factors for different gestational disorders. In this paper, we have reviewed three nutritional interventions including peri-conceptional folic acid supplementation, balanced protein energy supplementation and multiple micronutrients supplementation during pregnancy. This paper is a part of a series to estimate the effect of interventions on stillbirths for input to Live Saved Tool (LiST) model.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2011, Vol 11 Suppl 3, pS4
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S4