Nutrition News for Africa
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Introduction Adequate weight gain during pregnancy is important for the short-term and long-term health of mother and child. If gestational weight gain is too low, there is an increased risk of low birth weight and preterm birth (1). In contrast, if gestational weight gain is excessive, there is an elevated risk of gestational diabetes, excessive intrauterine growth, caesarean delivery, maternal postpartum weight retention and childhood obesity (2, 3). The effect of different macronutrients (i.e. carbohydrates, protein, and fat,) in the diet on gestational weight gain are uncertain. This issue of NNA summarizes a review article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritionwhich aimed to assess whether energy intake and macronutrient intake during pregnancy were associated with gestational weight gain (4).
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1 Ackatia-Armah R, McDonald CM, Doumbia S, Erhardt JG, Hamer DH, Brown KH. Malian children with moderate acute malnutrition who are treated with lipid-based dietary supplements have greater weight gains and recovery rates than those treated with locally produced cereal-legume products: a communitybased, cluster-randomized trial Am J Clin Nutr 2015 ajcn.069807; First published online January 7, ...
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