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Canadian Medical Association Journal
Multivitamins in pregnancy reduce risk of low birth weights
June 26th, 2009
Prenatal multivitamin supplements are associated with a significantly reduced risk of babies with a low birth weight compared with prenatal iron-folic acid supplementation, found a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pgE99.pdf (www.cmaj.ca). The World Health Organization currently recommends iron-folic acid supplements for all pregnant women. Previous studies have not shown an advantage from prenatal multimicronutrient supplementation over iron-folic acid supplementation. "Low birth weight and related complications are considered the most common cause of global infant mortality under the age of 5...
Source: Drug Week (2009-06-26)
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