IMPACT OF MATERNAL NUTRITION ON CHILD HEALTH

Impact of maternal and child health strategy on child survival.

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services on child survival in a socio-economically backward rural community. SETTING Twelve villages in Pondicherry with a population of 16,803. DESIGN Prospective study. SUBJECTS A birth cohort of 356 live births (LB) born between January 1st and December 31st 1988. METHODS The live births were followed-up from birth ...

Maternal and child nutrition.

Is it enough to declare conflicts of interest? In TheLancet Series on maternal and child nutrition, two authors declared conflicts of interest as members of the board of the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee—a company that repeatedly transgresses the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.1 We wonder how the Lancet's policy on conflicts of interest was applied. ...

Maternal and child nutrition.

Prenatal and postnatal nutrition: impact on child health.

DOI:10.1097/MCO.0b013e32836051ad The articles in this paediatric section address nutrition and metabolism during prenatal and postnatal life and their impact on child health. Four articles focus on metabolism and lifestyle during pregnancy and their effects on fetal growth and offspring health. Larqué et al. (pp. 292–297) review present information on the role of the placental transport systems...

Maternal and child nutrition: building momentum for impact.