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<sec><h3>Background</h3>
<p>Increased uptake of essential fatty acids during pregnancy through seafood and supplementation has been shown to positively correlate with gestational age and increased infant birth weight. We aimed to evaluate the effect of maternal dietary intake of essential fatty acids, supplementation on gestational period and infant birth weight.</p>
</sec>
<sec><h3>Materials</h3>
<p>A literature search with the help of various databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus was conducted.</p>
</sec>
<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>Original research articles and intervention-based studies, which involve an association between dietary intake and supplementation of essential fatty acids during full-term pregnancy on human infant birth outcomes and published from 2011 to 2021, were included.</p>
</sec>
<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>In total, there were 21 intervention-based studies, including full-term pregnant women with or without existing comorbidities, which compared essential fatty acids in the form of dietary sources and supplementation with dietary counseling and with or without placebo. The intervention trials included in this review were conducted in developed and developing countries. Half of the pregnant women who enrolled in the study had comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension, which might increase their risk of adverse maternal and infant birth outcomes. Most of the studies included in the review have reported a positive association between improvised dietary and supplementation intake of essential fatty acids with increased length of gestation, infant birth weight and other parameters such as head circumference, infant birth length and growth velocity.</p>
</sec>
<sec><h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>Positive correlations were found between increased consumption of essential fatty acids in food sources and supplements with improvised infant birth weight and gestational period.</p>
</sec>
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Background
Increased uptake of essential fatty acids during pregnancy through seafood and supplementation has been shown to positively correlate with gestational age and increased infant birth weight. We aimed to evaluate the effect of maternal dietary intake of essential fatty acids, supplementation on gestational period and infant birth weight.

Materials
A literature search with the help of various databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus was conducted.

Methods
Original research articles and intervention-based studies, which involve an association between dietary intake and supplementation of essential fatty acids during full-term pregnancy on human infant birth outcomes and published from 2011 to 2021, were included.

Results
In total, there were 21 intervention-based studies, including full-term pregnant women with or without existing comorbidities, which compared essential fatty acids in the form of dietary sources and supplementation with dietary counseling and with or without placebo. The intervention trials included in this review were conducted in developed and developing countries. Half of the pregnant women who enrolled in the study had comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension, which might increase their risk of adverse maternal and infant birth outcomes. Most of the studies included in the review have reported a positive association between improvised dietary and supplementation intake of essential fatty acids with increased length of gestation, infant birth weight and other parameters such as head circumference, infant birth length and growth velocity.

Conclusion
Positive correlations were found between increased consumption of essential fatty acids in food sources and supplements with improvised infant birth weight and gestational period.

Impact of Maternal Essential Fatty Acid Intake on the Birth Weight of Infants

Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS)

Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Journal of Mother and Child

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Background
Increased uptake of essential fatty acids during pregnancy through seafood and supplementation has been shown to positively correlate with...

Impact of Maternal Essential Fatty Acid Intake on the Birth Weight of Infants

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Oct 16, 2023

Page range: 147 - 157

Received: Sep 23, 2022

Accepted: Jun 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20232701.d-22-00052

Keywords
Essential fatty acids, infant birth weight, maternal nutrition, omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids, birth outcomes

© 2023 Manojna Masina et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Impact of Maternal Essential Fatty Acid Intake on the Birth Weight of Infants

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Oct 16, 2023

Page range: 147 - 157

Received: Sep 23, 2022

Accepted: Jun 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20232701.d-22-00052

KeywordsEssential fatty acids, infant birth weight, maternal nutrition, omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids, birth outcomes

© 2023 Manojna Masina et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Essential fatty acids, infant birth weight, maternal nutrition, omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids, birth outcomes