Transient benefits in young children of a nutrition intervention during pregnancy

In this issue of The Lancet Global Health, Delan Devakumar and colleagues1Devakumar D Chaube SS Wells JCK et al.Effect of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on anthropometry and blood pressure in mid-childhood in Nepal: follow-up of a double-blind randomised controlled trial.Lancet Glob Health. 2014; 2: e654-e663Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (28) Google Scholar report on the follow-up of children aged 8·5 years in southern Nepal whose mothers participated in a randomised controlled trial of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy. Control mothers received standard doses of iron and folic acid supplements. The offspring of mothers in the intervention group had significantly higher birthweights and higher weights and lower systolic blood pressures at age 2·5 years than the offspring of…