Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project

Conditions

Pregnancy outcome and infant mortality Pregnancy and Childbirth Infant mortality

Saffari A, Shrestha S, Issarapu P, Sajjadi S, Betts M, Sahariah SA, Tomar AS, James P, Dedaniya A, Yadav DK, Kumaran K, Prentice AM, Lillycrop KA, Fall CHD, Chandak GR, Silver MJ, EMPHASIS Study Group.

2020-10-0120 citations

10.1093/ajcn/nqaa193

Protocol for the EMPHASIS study; epigenetic mechanisms linking maternal pre-conceptional nutrition and children's health in India and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Chandak GR, Silver MJ, Saffari A, Lillycrop KA, Shrestha S, Sahariah SA, Di Gravio C, Goldberg G, Tomar AS, Betts M, Sajjadi S, Acolatse L, James P, Issarapu P, Kumaran K, Potdar RD, Prentice AM, Fall CH.

2017-10-0114 citations

10.1186/s40795-017-0200-0

A Daily Snack Containing Leafy Green Vegetables, Fruit, and Milk before and during Pregnancy Prevents Gestational Diabetes in a Randomized, Controlled Trial in Mumbai, India.

Sahariah SA, Potdar RD, Gandhi M, Kehoe SH, Brown N, Sane H, Coakley PJ, Marley-Zagar E, Chopra H, Shivshankaran D, Cox VA, Jackson AA, Margetts BM, Fall CH.

2016-06-0841 citations

10.3945/jn.115.223461

Improving women's diet quality preconceptionally and during gestation: effects on birth weight and prevalence of low birth weight--a randomized controlled efficacy trial in India (Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project).

Potdar RD, Sahariah SA, Gandhi M, Kehoe SH, Brown N, Sane H, Dayama M, Jha S, Lawande A, Coakley PJ, Marley-Zagar E, Chopra H, Shivshankaran D, Chheda-Gala P, Muley-Lotankar P, Subbulakshmi G, Wills AK, Cox VA, Taskar V, Barker DJ, Jackson AA, Margetts BM, Fall CH.

2014-09-17107 citations

10.3945/ajcn.114.084921

Interventions

Women who are not pregnant, but are planning to have further children, will be recruited and randomised to one of four groups, to receive one of two interventions: a daily food-based supplement made f

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women living in slum communities in Bandra and Khar districts of Mumbai served by the Women of India Network (WIN) primary health care clinics 2. Women who wish to join 3. Married 4. Aged 15 to 35 years 5. Not pregnant at recruitment 6. Not using any PERMANENT form of contraception 7. Intending to have more children 8. Planning any future deliveries in Mumbai

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Women living outside the study area 2. Non-married women 3. Women outside the age range specified 4. Women currently pregnant (these may become eligible after delivery) 5. Women who have undergone sterilisation surgery, or whose husbands have had a vasectomy 6. Women definitely not planning further pregnancies 7. Women definitely planning further deliveries outside Mumbai

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Birthweight 2. Infant mortality	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Maternal micronutrient status 2. Maternal infection load and immune status 3. Foetal losses (miscarriages and stillbirths) 4. Newborn body composition 5. Newborn immune function	—

Countries

England, India, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed