BACKGROUND Folate and iron deficiency during pregnancy are risk factors for anaemia, preterm delivery, and low birth weight, and may contribute to poor neonatal health and increased maternal mortality. The World Health Organization recommends supplementation of folic acid (FA) and iron for all pregnant women at risk of malnutrition to prevent anaemia. We assessed the use of prenatal folic acid ...

Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) project that use secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data to determine barriers to distribution and consumption of iron–folic acid (IFA) through antenatal care systems in a range of countries. This brief describes key characteristics of and barriers to successful IFA supplementation in Senegal. SPRING NUTRITION TECHNICAL BRIEF

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Despite routine iron supplementation and promotion of diet modification, iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) remains widely prevalent in our antenatal population. Recent studies in pediatric population have highlighted the role of Helicobacter pylori infection in IDA. This study was undertaken to study the effect of eradication therapy in H. pylori infected pregnant women with...

Introduction: High levels of homocysteine (Hcy) might accelerate dopaminergic cell death through oxidative stress and excitotoxicity. Folate plays an important role in the control of plasma levels of Hcy. In this study, effect of supplementation with folic acid on the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced Parkinsonism in rat and also serum level of Hcy was investigated. Methods: Rats were fed ...

S EVERAL REPORTS RAISED the possibility that transferrin might be a carrier protein for both vitamin B,2 and for folic acid. In 1972, Carmel and Herbert’ reported that B,2-binding protein from leukocyte sonicates electrophoresed at pH 8.6 at the same mobility as transferrin, and in 1973, Sam uels et al.2 reported that some radioactive B12 bound to a material which moved with the speed of transf...

Abstract Background Previous studies on iron with folic acid supplementation and low birth weight indicated different findings. The aim of the current systemic review meta-analysis was to examine relationship between in Ethiopia. Main body databases searched were PubMed, Google Scholar, Web Science Cochrane Library January 2021. AZ, KTT AAA carried out data extraction independently assessed art...

BACKGROUND Fetal nutritional insults may alter the later metabolic phenotype. We hypothesized that early timing of prenatal food supplementation and multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) would favourably influence childhood metabolic phenotype. METHODS Pregnant women recruited 1 January to 31 December 2002 in Matlab, Bangladesh, were randomized into supplementation with capsules of eit...