The relationships of seasonality in prenatal diet and physical activity and postnatal micronutrient supplementation with growth in early life Universiteit Gent
The doctoral research centered on the topic of growth restriction during the first 1,000 days of life in rural Burkina Faso. Newborns and infants with growth restriction are at an increased risk of mortality and childhood undernutrition. More specifically, we investigated the role of seasonality in prenatal nutrition and physical activity on fetal growth and the effect of postnatal micronutrient supplementation in lactating women on infant ...