Supplementation of Maternal Diets during Pregnancy and for 6 Months Postpartum and Infant Diets Thereafter with Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Does Not Promote Child Growth by 18 Months of Age in Rural Malawi: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The findings do not support a hypothesis that provision of SQ-LNSs to women in pregnancy and postpartum and to children from 6 to 18 mo of age would promote child growth in this Malawian study area. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01239693.