Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data

Keats, Emily C.; Thurairajah, Pravheen; Thurairajah, Pravheen; Cousens, Simon N.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; and Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators’ Group. 2022. Multiple-micronutrient supplementation in pregnant adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Nutrition Reviews 80(2): 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuab004

Approximately 7.3 million births occur annually among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. Pregnant adolescents constitute a nutritionally vulnerable group that could benefit from intervention to mitigate the mortality and adverse birth outcomes associated with adolescent pregnancy.