Maternal nutrition and fetal growth: the role of iron status and intake during pregnancy

2012

CL Rodriguez-Bernal,1,3 M Rebagliato,2,3 F Ballester1,3,41Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica (Center for Public Health Research), 2Direccion General de Salud Publica, Generalitat Valenciana (Public Health Board, Valencia), Valencia, Spain; 3Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 4University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainAbstract: Fetal growth restriction is an important predictor of infant mortality and morbidity. Maternal iron status and iron supplementation during pregnancy have been related to fetal growth with contrasting results. Therefore, indication of iron supplementation, doses, and timing is still controversial. Current literature was re…