Publications by authors named "K G Dewey"
Background: Early and delayed puberty are both associated with adverse health and psychosocial outcomes.
Objectives: We assessed the impact of provision of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS) to mothers during pregnancy and 6 mo postpartum and to their children aged 6-18 mo, on pubertal status.
Methods: This study was a follow-up to a partially double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how early-life lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) and home environment affect autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation in children aged 9-11 years.
- Participants included children from women in a Ghanaian trial where women received different nutritional supplements during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Results show that those who received SQ-LNS or multiple micronutrients exhibited greater heart rate reactivity, while a better home environment was linked to more favorable ANS responses, indicating that early nutrition and the home setting play crucial roles in ANS development.
Background: Invasive fungal infections can cause serious complications after lung transplant; therefore, prophylaxis with posaconazole is common. The posaconazole delayed-release (DR) tablet is preferred. Although the package insert states DR tablets cannot be crushed, recent data suggest it is reasonable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResponse to: World Health Organization (WHO) guideline on the complementary feeding of infants and young children aged 6-23 months 2023: A multisociety response.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
November 2024
Background: Undernutrition during pregnancy increases the risk of giving birth to a small vulnerable newborn. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNSs) contain both macro- and micronutrients and can help prevent multiple nutritional deficiencies.
Objectives: We examined the effects of SQ-LNSs provided during pregnancy compared with 1) iron and folic acid or standard of care (IFA/SOC) or 2) multiple micronutrient supplements (MMSs) and identified characteristics that modified the estimates of effects of SQ-LNSs on birth outcomes.