| Literature DB >> 6406165 |
S K Joos, E Pollitt, W H Mueller, D L Albright.
Abstract
The effect of maternal nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on the mental and motor development of infants was studied in a rural population in Taiwan. Women were randomly assigned to 2 treatment groups: 1 received a high-calorie and protein supplement ("supplement" group); the other received a placebo ("control" group). Infants received no direct supplementation. At approximately 8 months of age, the mental and motor development of the infants was assessed using a research to maternal supplementation in either scale, nor were the mental scale scores of infants of supplement mothers significantly higher than infants of control mothers. However, the motor scores of supplement infants were higher than those of control infants, which is consistent with the findings of 2 other large-scale nutritional supplementation studies.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Biology; Body Weight; China; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Double-blind Studies; Eastern Asia; Educational Status; Health; Infant; Lactation; Maternal Nutrition; Maternal Physiology; Nutrition; Parity; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Rural Population; Studies; Taiwan; Youth
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Year: 1983 PMID： 6406165
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Dev ISSN： 0009-3920