Effect of a milk-based food supplement on maternal nutritional status and fetal growth in underweight Chilean women.
The effects on pregnancy outcome and maternal iron status of powdered milk (PUR) and a milk-based fortified product (V-N) were compared in a group of underweight gravidas. These take-home products were distributed during regular prenatal visits. Women in the V-N group had greater weight gain (12.29 vs 11.31 kg, p less than 0.05) and mean birth weights (3178 vs 3105 g, p less than 0.05) than those in the PUR group. Values for various indicators of maternal Fe status were also higher in the V-N group. Compared with self-selected noncompliers, similar in all control variables to compliers, children of women who consumed powdered milk or the milk-based fortified product had mean birth weights that were higher by 258 and 335 g, respectively. Data indicate a beneficial effect of the fortified product on both maternal nutritional status and fetal growth.
Mardones-Santander
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Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago.
Rosso
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P
Stekel
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A
Ahumada
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E
Llaguno
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Pizarro
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F
Salinas
J
J
Vial
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I
Walter
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T
D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D002677:Chile; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008892:Milk; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000178:diet therapy*; D011897:Random Allocation
D007501:Iron