Systematic Reviews on Diet and Pregnancy

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of studies on diet and pregnancy.
Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Dietary advice in pregnancy for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Diabetes mellitus is associated with abnormal glucose metabolism, with raised blood sugar and sugar in the urine. When this arises in pregnancy and disappears after birth, it is called 'gestational diabetes mellitus' or GDM. Between 1% and 14% of women...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Maternal nutrient supplementation for suspected impaired fetal growth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Too little evidence to show whether extra carnitine, solcoseryl, glucose or galactose for pregnant women benefits babies in the womb who are smaller than expected....
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Zinc supplementation for improving pregnancy and infant outcome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many women of childbearing age may have mild to moderate zinc deficiency. Low zinc levels may cause preterm birth or they may prolong labour. It is also possible that zinc deficiency may affect infant growth as well. The review of 17 trials, involving o...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Energy and protein intake in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A baby developing inside the womb receives all its nutrition from its mother. Thus, advising women on diet and providing food supplements in pregnancy may help babies to grow and thrive, particularly babies of undernourished mothers. The review of trial...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Maternal dietary antigen avoidance during pregnancy or lactation, or both, for preventing or treating atopic disease in the child
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Trials of mothers' avoidance of milk, eggs, and other potentially "antigenic" foods during pregnancy or breastfeeding, or both, provide inadequate evidence about whether such avoidance helps prevent atopic eczema or asthma in the child. Women who avoide...
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Marine oil, and other prostaglandin precursor, supplementation for pregnancy uncomplicated by pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Not enough evidence to say if fish oil supplementation in pregnancy helps reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia and small-for-date babies....
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing hypertensive disorders and related problems
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pre-eclampsia is a major cause of death in pregnant women and newborn babies worldwide. Preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks) is often caused by high blood pressure and is the leading cause of newborn deaths, particularly in low-income countries. The re...
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Vitamin supplementation for preventing miscarriage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Supplementing women with any vitamins, alone or in combination with other vitamins, does not reduce the number of women who miscarry or have a stillbirth. ...
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Magnesium supplementation in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many women, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have intakes of magnesium below recommended levels. Magnesium supplementation during pregnancy may be able to reduce fetal growth retardation and pre-eclampsia, and increase birth weight. The...
Date:   Jul 2001
Title:   Interventions for treating constipation in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Constipation is a common problem in late pregnancy. The time taken for food to get through the gut to the bowel is increased in the second and third trimester and may be caused by an increase in the hormone, progesterone. Adding more fibre to the diet i...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Reduced salt intake compared to normal dietary salt, or high intake, in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In the past women have been advised that lowering their salt intake might reduce their risk of pre-eclampsia. Although this practice has largely ceased, it remains important to assess the evidence about possible effects of advice to alter dietary salt intake during pregnancy.
Title:   Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin D deficiency can occur in people whose diet is relatively low in the vitamin and those who are not exposed to much sunlight.
Title:   Maternal iodine supplements in areas of deficiency
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Iodine deficiency is the leading preventable cause of intellectual impairment in the world. Although iodine supplementation is generally considered to be safe, there is a possibility of high doses of iodine suppressing maternal thyroid function.
Date:   Jul 1997
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