Multivitamins help increase birth weights of newborns: NewsTarget.com

A new study conducted at the University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in New Delhi has revealed that pregnant women who take multivitamins are more likely to give birth to healthy-weight babies, even if they are at risk for an underweight child.

The study also found that the babies were less likely to die the first week after birth, and that a complete multivitamin was more effective than iron and folic acid supplements alone.

The study involved 200 women, 24 to 32 weeks pregnant, with risk factors for a low birth weight, including low hemoglobin and low body weight. When the women gave birth, those who took the complete multivitamin gained an average of 20 pounds, while those in the placebo group only gained 19 pounds. Babies born to the women taking whole supplements also weighed 0.2 pounds more than the placebo babies.

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