Effect of targeted food supplementation and services in the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project on women and their pregnancy outcomes.
J Health Popul Nutr
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2003 Jun; 21(2): 83-9
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ABSTRACT
Monitoring data from the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project and new data collected for this purpose were analyzed to assess the effects of targeted project services, including supplementation of food, on malnourished pregnant women (women with a body mass index [BMI] of < or = 18.5 in early pregnancy). Monitoring data on 456 women--195 receiving food supplement and 261 not receiving supplement--were collected from 17 upazilas (sub-districts) in four districts of Bangladesh. The assessment found that, despite lower economic status, the women with low BMI receiving supplementation of food and intensified services were more likely to have adequate pregnancy-related weight gain than the more economically-advantaged women with higher BMI. Primigravidae receiving supplementation were also more likely to have adequate pregnancy-related weight gain than the better-off non-supplemented primigravidae (85.7% vs 51.9%, p = 0.044). The mean birth-weights of infants of the supplemented women with low BMI were comparable to those of the better-off, non-supplemented women.
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Asunto principal:
Población Rural
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Factores Socioeconómicos
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Bangladesh
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Embarazo
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Resultado del Embarazo
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Aumento de Peso
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Índice de Masa Corporal
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Adulto
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
J Health Popul Nutr
Asunto de la revista:
Gastroenterology
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Nutritional Sciences
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Public Health
Año:
2003
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