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Prenatal nutrition, dietary supplements in pregnancy

Canada

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Vitamin D supplementation: Recommendations for Canadian mothers and infants [2012]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Prenatal Nutrition

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Vitamin E supplementation in pregnancy
  • Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy
  • Vitamin C supplementation in pregnancy
  • Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy
  • Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy
  • Magnesium supplementation in pregnancy
  • Energy and protein intake in pregnancy
  • Calcium supplementation (other than for preventing or treating hypertension) for improving pregnancy and infant outcomes

• United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF
  • Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition: A survival and development priority [2009]

Sri Lanka

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Maternal & child nutrition: the Sri Lankan perspective [2009]

United Kingdom

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Improving the nutrition of pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children in low-income households. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [2008]

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • Dietary interventions and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy [2010]
  • Maternal and child nutrition [2008]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Nutrition in Pregnancy [2010]
  • Vitamin supplementation in pregnancy [2009]

United States of America

• American Dietetic Association
  • Nutrition and Lifestyle for a Healthy Pregnancy Outcome [2008]

WHO

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy [2007]
  • Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy [2003]
  • Energy and protein intake in pregnancy [2003]

• World Health Organization
  • Multiple micronutrient powders for home (point of use) fortification of foods in pregnant women: a systematic review [2011]
  • Guideline: vitamin A supplementation in pregnant women [2011]
  • Guideline: use of multiple micronutrient powders for home fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women [2011]
  • Programming of chronic disease by impaired fetal nutrition [2002]
  • Feto-maternal nutrition and low birth weight

Articles in journals

• Advances in Nutrition
  • Nutritionally Mediated Programming of the Developing Immune System [2011]

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Gut microbiota and probiotics in maternal and infant health [2011]
  • Is maternal diet supplementation beneficial? Optimal development of infant depends on mother's diet [2009]
  • Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in pregnancy and lactation [2008]

• Australian Family Physician
  • The role of micronutrients in pregnancy [2009]

• Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Oxidative stress [2011]

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Effect of maternal calcium intake during pregnancy on children blood pressure: A systematic review of the literature [2007]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Does prenatal micronutrient supplementation improve children's mental development? A systematic review [2012]

• BMC Public Health
  • Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy on maternal and birth outcomes [2011]
  • Effect of balanced protein energy supplementation during pregnancy on birth outcomes [2011]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Maternal multiple micronutrient supplementation and pregnancy outcomes in developing countries: meta-analysis and meta-regression [2011]
  • Vitamin A supplementation and neonatal mortality in the developing world: a meta-regression of cluster-randomized trials [2010]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Are probiotics safe for use during pregnancy and lactation? [2011]
  • Fish consumption in pregnancy and fetal risks of methylmercury toxicity [2010]
  • Taking probiotics during pregnancy [2005]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Effects of prenatal multimicronutrient supplementation on pregnancy outcomes: a meta-analysis [2009]

• Human Reproduction Update
  • Role of micronutrients in the periconceptional period [2009]

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Maternal nutrition: effects on health in the next generation [2009]

• Journal of Endocrinology
  • Endocrine and nutritional regulation of fetal adipose tissue development [2003]

• Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
  • A Systematic Review of Effect of Prenatal Zinc Supplementation on Birthweight: Meta-analysis of 17 Randomized Controlled Trials [2011]

• Journal of Nutrition
  • Maternal Micronutrient Deficiency, Fetal Development, and the Risk of Chronic Disease [2010]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • Absorption, Transport, and Bioavailability of Vitamin E and its Role in Pregnant Women [2009]

• Journal of Physiology
  • Long chain fatty acids and dietary fats in fetal nutrition [2009]

• Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
  • Adverse effects of nutritional programming during prenatal and early postnatal life, some aspects of regulation and potential prevention and treatments [2009]

• Journal of the American College of Nutrition
  • Effects of n-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy and/or Lactation on Neurodevelopment and Visual Function in Children: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials [2010]

• Lancet
  • Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital [2008]

• Maternal & Child Nutrition
  • Review of fortified food and beverage products for pregnant and lactating women and their impact on nutritional status - Yang - 2011 - Maternal & Child Nutrition - Wiley Online Library [2011]

• Nutrients
  • Maternal Zinc Intakes and Homeostatic Adjustments during Pregnancy and Lactation [2012]
  • Benefits of Docosahexaenoic Acid, Folic Acid, Vitamin D and Iodine on Foetal and Infant Brain Development and Function Following Maternal Supplementation during Pregnancy and Lactation [2012]

• Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • The Importance of Antioxidant Micronutrients in Pregnancy [2011]

• Placenta
  • Vitamin D Effects on Pregnancy and the Placenta [2010]

• Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
  • Maternal nutritional status, C1 metabolism and offspring DNA methylation: a review of current evidence in human subjects [2012]

• Reproduction
  • Gene-nutrient interactions during fetal development [2005]

• Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status in Brazilian pregnant women [2009]

• Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
  • The supply of choline is important for fetal progenitor cells [2011]

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