[HTML][HTML] Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale 1: Early childhood development coming of age: Science through the life course

MM Black, SP Walker, LCH Fernald… - Lancet (London …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate
and inequitable access, especially for children younger than 3 years. New estimates, based …

Current concepts of maternal nutrition

RI Lowensohn, DD Stadler, C Naze - Obstetrical & gynecological …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background A nutrient-rich maternal diet before and during pregnancy is associated with
improved fetal health, more appropriate birth weight, and increased rates of maternal and …

Maternal-focused interventions to improve infant growth and nutritional status in low-middle income countries: A systematic review of reviews

V von Salmuth, E Brennan, M Kerac, M McGrath… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Small and nutritionally at-risk infants under 6 months (< 6m) are a vulnerable
group at increased risk of mortality, morbidity, poor growth and sub-optimal development …

A modular systematic review of antenatal interventions to address undernutrition during pregnancy in the prevention of low birth weight

PJ Hunter, Y Muthiani, PK Näsänen-Gilmore… - The American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Poor nutrition during pregnancy can lead to adverse birth outcomes including
low birth weight (LBW). Objective This modular systematic review aimed to provide evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid-based nutrient supplement increases the birth size of infants of primiparous women in Ghana

S Adu-Afarwuah, A Lartey, H Okronipa, P Ashorn… - The American Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background: The International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Project
developed a small-quantity (20 g/d) lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) for pregnant and …

[HTML][HTML] A multicountry randomized controlled trial of comprehensive maternal nutrition supplementation initiated before conception: the Women First trial

KM Hambidge, JE Westcott, A Garcés… - The American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Reported benefits of maternal nutrition supplements commenced during
pregnancy in low-resource populations have typically been quite limited. Objectives This …

[HTML][HTML] Small-quantity, lipid-based nutrient supplements provided to women during pregnancy and 6 mo postpartum and to their infants from 6 mo of age increase the …

S Adu-Afarwuah, A Lartey, H Okronipa, P Ashorn… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Childhood stunting usually begins in utero and continues after birth; therefore,
its reduction must involve actions across different stages of early life. Objective: We …

Effect of maternal multiple micronutrient vs iron–folic acid supplementation on infant mortality and adverse birth outcomes in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 …

KP West, AA Shamim, S Mehra, AB Labrique, H Ali… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Maternal micronutrient deficiencies may adversely affect fetal and infant health,
yet there is insufficient evidence of effects on these outcomes to guide antenatal …

Review of the importance of nutrition during the first 1000 days: maternal nutritional status and its associations with fetal growth and birth, neonatal and infant …

SV Wrottesley, C Lamper, PT Pisa - Journal of developmental origins …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Maternal nutritional status (MNS) is a strong predictor of growth and development in the first
1000 days of life and may influence susceptibility to non-communicable diseases in …

Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation and other biomedical and socioenvironmental influences on children's cognition at age 9–12 years in Indonesia …

EL Prado, SK Sebayang, M Apriatni… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Brain and cognitive development during the first 1000 days from conception are
affected by multiple biomedical and socioenvironmental determinants including nutrition …