In Bangladesh, daily maternal supplementation of multiple micronutrients compared to iron-folic acid before and after childbirth did not reduce all-cause infant mortality to age 6 months, but did result in significant reductions in preterm birth and low birth weight, according to a study in the December 24/31 issue of JAMA.
Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among pregnant women in resource-poor regions of the world, especially in southern Asia. Coexisting with poor maternal nutrition across the region are excessive burdens of low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, small size for gestational age, stillbirth, infant mortality, and maternal mortality. Gestational micronutrient deficiencies may contribute to avertable adverse birth outcomes. Data for effects of antenatal (before birth) multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation on longer-term infant mortality are sparse for guiding policies in southern Asia, according to background information in the article.
Keith P. West Jr., Dr.P.H., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and colleagues conducted a study in which pregnant women in Bangladesh (n = 44,567) were randomly assigned to receive supplements containing 15 micronutrients or iron-folic acid alone, taken daily from early pregnancy to 12 weeks postpartum.
Among the 22,405 pregnancies in the multiple micronutrient group and the 22,162 pregnancies in the iron-folic acid group, there were 14,374 and 14,142 live-born infants, respectively, included in the analysis. At 6 months, multiple micronutrients did not significantly reduce infant mortality; there were 764 deaths (54.0 per 1,000 live births) in the iron-folic acid group and 741 deaths (51.6 per 1,000 live births) in the multiple micronutrient group.
Multiple micronutrient supplementation resulted in a non-statistically significant reduction in stillbirths (43.1 vs 48.2 per 1,000 births) and significant reductions in preterm births (18.6 vs 21.8 per 100 live births) and low birth weight (40.2 vs 45.7 per 100 live births).
“Our study’s null finding is in agreement with a small number of trials that have provided an antenatal multiple micronutrient vs iron supplement, with or without folic acid, and found no effect on neonatal mortality,” the authors write.
“Reasons for a null effect on postnatal survival after improvement in some birth outcomes with antenatal multiple micronutrient supplement use remain unknown but may reflect a complex interplay between maternal and newborn sizes and differential responses to supplementation by causes of death.”
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Hi Tony. Can you make a video of you doing muscle ups? I’m curious how many
you could do.
You should make a work out routine with your wife, to show special work
outs for women, cause I would assume there is different work outs for
women? If not idk
I love your setup Tony! And all your videos! God bless you and your
family!!
Tony, Whats goin on my brotha how are you doing. My name is Maximus (my
parents are awesome i know). Im 19 years old in college and im gettin in
pretty good shape 270 down to 243. My buddy let me borrow p90x and its alot
of fun. Now im getting pretty athletic however the weight situation is at a
bit of a halt. Do you think maybe you can make a video like this of your
kitchen? Show us what you got on hand maybe change my kitchen up a bit.
Ps. My goal is to be a 5k runnin moutain climbing beast by summer and i
think its on track if i change my diet.
Thanks alot tony love ya man
-Max
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!! LOVE
IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for everything Tony. Can’t begin to explain how much you’ve
helped me.
Thank you very much Tony ive wonder about all these things ever since I did
the one on one series, first time I saw your gym then. An sorry about your
dad.
This is fake guys, the real Tony is 56 years old ;)
All your gym needs is a mook jong, a wooden training dummy, for your
martial arts training!
Beautiful house and setup for all your equipment! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing man. I am slowly adding to my own and this really helps
alot. Much appreciated.
Love the weather there the trees waving so peaceful. I see you gave us
exclusive on the next px4nice tony px4
Peg board, I man I haven’t played on one in years. I want one.
Can I have Stephanie on my pullup bar? xD lol
how has that guy not died yet , losing grip on one of those and cracking
his head on that concrete.
That’s going to be a lot of gear to send via mail for X4!
can i live with you, pleaaaseee? *-*
When You are rowing on tradmill do it with just tip of fingers. In rowing
as You probably know the hand grip is quite different then in baseball for
example. Tony You have lovely outside and awsome inside gym. I wound not
change anything except adding swedish ladder(or Arrow’s salmon ladder) with
some curved plastic gadget as support for spine when soemone lift legs,
which You probably already have( but I haven’t seen them in video). Great
work from a great man! Happy holydays!
Tony! That’s definitely a home gym on steroids, buddy! I see you own a few
of those weight bars. My gym here in the building has a set and I really
don’t know what the heck to do with those things;) Hint, hint: Maybe you
could show us a quick routine or two?? And my sincere condolences on the
passing of your dad. I remember seeing him in Trumbull, CT, when you did
that camp a couple years back.
Great update ! Nice to see The changes after V3 one on one 2010 btw lol,
Plz plz just answer this for me , I deserve it , I been working out to the
V 1,2,3 one on ones for 3 years now , it’s your masterpiece to me , much
more sincere and funny. And I do them all the time. I know there’s THF on
YouTube , but will there ever be a Volume 4?
Tony, you are the real deal! I watched your tour and I see variety and
functional strength. Thank you for non stop inspiration! Merry Christmas!
Tony,
First, I would like to say that I admire your work and Im really glad you
have a youtube page. I’m a big fan. Can you please do a video like this of
your kitchen? I’m struggling with the nutrition aspect of fitness and I
would love to see what you stock in your kitchen. This would give me a
better idea of what to stock in my kitchen.
Thank you
That outside is excellent