The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

Dongqing Wang, Uttara Partap, Enju Liu, Janaína Calu Costa, Ilana R. Cliffer, Molin Wang, Sudeer Kumar Nookala, Vishak Subramoney, Brittany Briggs, Imran Ahmed, Alemayehu Argaw, Shabina Ariff, Nita Bhandari, Ranadip Chowdhury, Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg, Giles T. Hanley-Cook, Lieven Huybregts, Fyezah Jehan, Nancy F. Krebs, Carl Lachat, Dharma S. Manandhar, Elizabeth M. McClure, Sophie E. Moore, Ameer Muhammad, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Andrew M. Prentice, Dominique Roberfroid, Naomi M. Saville, Yasir Shafiq, Bhim P. Shrestha, Bakary Sonko, Sajid Soofi, Sunita Taneja, Laéticia Céline Toe, Wafaie W. Fawzi

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004716
Published: 2026-02-17
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004716,
  title = {The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data},
  author = {Dongqing Wang and Uttara Partap and Enju Liu and Janaína Calu Costa and Ilana R. Cliffer and Molin Wang and Sudeer Kumar Nookala and Vishak Subramoney and Brittany Briggs and Imran Ahmed and Alemayehu Argaw and Shabina Ariff and Nita Bhandari and Ranadip Chowdhury and Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg and Giles T. Hanley-Cook and Lieven Huybregts and Fyezah Jehan and Nancy F. Krebs and Carl Lachat and Dharma S. Manandhar and Elizabeth M. McClure and Sophie E. Moore and Ameer Muhammad and Muhammad Imran Nisar and Andrew M. Prentice and Dominique Roberfroid and Naomi M. Saville and Yasir Shafiq and Bhim P. Shrestha and Bakary Sonko and Sajid Soofi and Sunita Taneja and Laéticia Céline Toe and Wafaie W. Fawzi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Medicine},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1004716},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004716}
}

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AU  - Dongqing Wang
AU  - Uttara Partap
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AU  - Janaína Calu Costa
AU  - Ilana R. Cliffer
AU  - Molin Wang
AU  - Sudeer Kumar Nookala
AU  - Vishak Subramoney
AU  - Brittany Briggs
AU  - Imran Ahmed
AU  - Alemayehu Argaw
AU  - Shabina Ariff
AU  - Nita Bhandari
AU  - Ranadip Chowdhury
AU  - Trenton Dailey-Chwalibóg
AU  - Giles T. Hanley-Cook
AU  - Lieven Huybregts
AU  - Fyezah Jehan
AU  - Nancy F. Krebs
AU  - Carl Lachat
AU  - Dharma S. Manandhar
AU  - Elizabeth M. McClure
AU  - Sophie E. Moore
AU  - Ameer Muhammad
AU  - Muhammad Imran Nisar
AU  - Andrew M. Prentice
AU  - Dominique Roberfroid
AU  - Naomi M. Saville
AU  - Yasir Shafiq
AU  - Bhim P. Shrestha
AU  - Bakary Sonko
AU  - Sajid Soofi
AU  - Sunita Taneja
AU  - Laéticia Céline Toe
AU  - Wafaie W. Fawzi
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APA

Wang, D., Partap, U., Liu, E., Costa, J. C., Cliffer, I. R., Wang, M., Nookala, S. K., Subramoney, V., Briggs, B., Ahmed, I., Argaw, A., Ariff, S., Bhandari, N., Chowdhury, R., Dailey-Chwalibóg, T., Hanley-Cook, G. T., Huybregts, L., Jehan, F., Krebs, N. F., Lachat, C., Manandhar, D. S., McClure, E. M., Moore, S. E., Muhammad, A., Nisar, M. I., Prentice, A. M., Roberfroid, D., Saville, N. M., Shafiq, Y., Shrestha, B. P., Sonko, B., Soofi, S., Taneja, S., Toe, L. C., & Fawzi, W. W. (2026). The effect of prenatal balanced energy and protein supplementation on small vulnerable newborn types in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. PLOS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004716

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