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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 41, 933-947, Copyright © 1985 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Effect of food supplementation (WIC) during pregnancy on birth weight

J Metcoff, P Costiloe, WM Crosby, S Dutta, HH Sandstead, D Milne, CE Bodwell and SH Majors

Of 824 women screened, 410 were enrolled at midpregnancy in a prospective, randomized, controlled nutrition intervention study. Of these, 226 were predicted as likely to have small or large babies, 184 to have average-sized babies. Two hundred thirty eight mothers received USDA Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Food Supplementation vouchers from midpregnancy, 172 did not. Leukocyte protein synthesis (as a cell model) was significantly higher (p = 0.009) by 36 weeks gestation in supplemented mothers. Mean birth weight of their babies was greater, 3254 vs 3163 g, (+91 g) p = 0.039, adjusted for sex, gestational age, prenatal visits, pregnancy interval, smoking, and previous low birth weight infants. Controlling for entry weight obviated the significance of the difference, except for WIC supplemented smokers (greater than 10 cigarettes/day) whose babies were significantly heavier by +168 g (p = 0.017) than those of unsupplemented smokers. WIC partially protects fetal growth in smokers.


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