ICDDR,B and partners conducted this randomized trial with 4,500 pregnant mothers in Bangladesh. The trial assessed the effects of government-distributed, World Bank-supported antenatal food supplements on newborn size at birth and on the development and survival of young children during the first two years of life, as well as on the gestational nutritional status of the mother. The study also looked at the impact of different combinations of micronutrients for antenatal use and breastfeeding counseling on some of these same indicators. There were 3,267 live births with a valid weight following birth among the study women. Principal Investigators:
Shams El Arifeen (ICDDR,B)
Lars-Åke Persson (Uppsala University) | 
