Pregnant Women in Four Low-Middle Income Countries Have a High Prevalence of Inadequate Dietary Intakes That Are Improved by Dietary Diversity.
Rebecca L LanderK Michael HambidgeJamie E WestcottGabriela TejedaTshilenge S DibaShivanand C MastiholiUmber S KhanAna GarcésLester FigueroaAntoinette TshefuAdrien LokangakaShivaprasad S GoudarManjunath S SomannavarSumera Aziz AliSarah SaleemElizabeth M McClureNancy F KrebsOn Behalf Of The Women First Preconception Nutrition Trial GroupPublished in: Nutrients (2019)
Our data highlight the likely need for micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy, specifically multi-micronutrient interventions, and support the value of increasing DD as part of sustainable long-term nutrition programs for women of reproductive age in these poor rural settings in LMIC.