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International Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics Volume 3 (2017), Article ID 3:IJCND-119, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8171/2017/119
Research Article
Randomized Trial of Effect of Energy Dense Biscuits in Under Nourished Pregnant Women on Birth Weight of their Newborns in Low Income Peri-urban Settings of Karachi

Farah N Qamar

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road. PO BOX: 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Dr. Farah N Qamar, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road. PO BOX: 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan; E-mail: farah.qamar@aku.edu
15 March 2017; 22 June 2017; 24 June 2017
Qamar FN (2017) Randomized Trial of Effect of Energy Dense Biscuits in Under Nourished Pregnant Women on Birth Weight of their Newborns in Low Income Peri-urban Settings of Karachi. Int J Clin Nutr Diet 3: 119. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8171/2017/119
This research was funded by English Biscuit Manufacturers (Private) Limited. The company’s R&D developed the high energy micronutrient biscuits. These were provided free of cost for the trial. The sponsors did not have a role in study design, data analysis, report writing, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
© 2017 Qamar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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