ReviewMaternal & child nutrition2020
Impact of nutrient supplementation on maternal nutrition and child growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements.
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- Perinatal intervention strategies providing food with micronutrients to pregnant and breastfeeding women in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- The interlink between chrono-nutrition and stunting: current insights and future perspectives.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Impact of nutrient supplementation on maternal nutrition and child growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Review
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Abstract
Micronutrient deficiencies remain common among women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); in pregnant/lactating women, the intakes of essential fatty acids may also be low. Enriching home-prepared foods with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) is a promising new strategy of delivering additional micronutrients, essential fatty acids and good quality protein to women and children. This narrative review aimed to examine the impact of SQ-LNSs supplementation among women and infants and young children in SSA, and to discuss the differential impact of SQ-LNS consumption across different settings. Papers reporting randomized trials conducted in SSA in which apparently healthy women and/or ≥6-mo-old children received SQ-LNSs were identified through electronic and manual searches. Prenatal SQ-LNS consumption reduced the prevalence of low gestational weight gain in Ghana when compared with multiple micronutrients supplementation, and was associated with poorer iron/hemoglobin status when compared with iron-plus-folic acid supplementation. SQ-LNSs received alone or as intervention package improved infant/child growth in two trials in Ghana and one trial each in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa, but had no impact on growth in two trials in Malawi. SQ-LNSs supplementation improved motor development in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Kenya, and South Africa, but had no impact on language, socio-emotional, and executive functions in Ghana and Malawi and on Griffiths' developmental scores in Malawi. SQ-LNSs may contribute to improving child growth in SSA. More research is needed to determine the iron level in SQ-LNSs effective for improving both maternal hemoglobin/iron status and birth outcomes.
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