A village-matched evaluation of providing a local supplemental food during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal balanced protein energy supplementation consumed by undernourished women improves mid-upper arm circumference in early infancy. This study aimed to identify whether locally produced maternal food-based supplementation improved anthropometric measures at birth and early infancy.

Methods

A village-matched evaluation, applying principles of a cluster randomised controlled trial, of a locally produced supplemental food to 87 undernourished pregnant women. 12 villages (intervention: n = 8; control: n = 4) in Pirganj sub-district, Rangpur District, northern Bangladesh. Daily supplements were provided.

Results

Anthropometric data at birth were available for 77 mother-infant dyads and longer-term infant growth data for 75 infants. Mid-upper arm circumferen

SUBMITTER: Stevens B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030796 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature