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The Bacon Chow study: effect of nutritional supplementation on maternal weight and skinfold thicknesses during pregnancy and lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Linda S. Adair ,
Ernesto Pollitt  and
William H. Mueller
Linda S. Adair
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
Ernesto Pollitt
Affiliation:
The University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77025, USA
William H. Mueller
Affiliation:
The University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas 77025, USA
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Abstract

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1. Effects of a feeding programme on maternal weight, triceps and subscapular skinfolds during pregnancy and lactation were assessed in a marginally undernourished population of rural Taiwan. Mothers participated during two pregnancy and lactation periods. At 3 weeks after the delivery of the first infant, one group of 114 mothers began consuming a nutrient-dense supplement (A), while another group of 111 received a placebo (B).

2. There was no significant A–B difference in pregnancy weight gain (A 7.52 kg, B 7.75 kg) or in mean maternal weight, triceps or subscapular skinfolds at any time during pregnancy or lactation. Despite a general trend toward moderate weight loss during lactation, one-third of mothers in both groups gained weight. Highly significant increases in weight and skinfold thicknesses from one lactation period to the next characterized both groups.

3. The absence of demonstrable supplement-effects on maternal anthropometry concomitant with increments in infant birth weight supports the notion that infants can benefit from maternal supplementation without changes in maternal nutritional status.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , May 1984 , pp. 357 - 369
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1984

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