Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplements and medium-quantity lipid-based nutritional supplements on maternal weight gain and infant birth weight in rural Niger: a cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The risk of adverse birth outcomes, such as low birth weight (<2500 g, LBW), is associated with poor maternal nutrition and weight gain in pregnancy and can increase the risk of infant mortality. We evaluated the effect of three prenatal nutritional supplementation strategies to improve maternal nutrition and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes.

Methods

A cluster-randomised trial of three prenatal nutritional supplements was conducted in rural Niger. Villages (n=53) were randomised to receive either daily prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation with 20 micronutrients and 30 mg iron (MMN), medium-quantity lipid-based micronutrient supplementation with 30 mg iron and 237 kcal (MQ-LNS), or routine iron folic acid supplementation with 60 mg of iron (IFA). P

SUBMITTER: Rattigan SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606480 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature