{"id":24,"date":"2019-12-09T13:51:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/globalnutrition\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:53:32","slug":"maternal-child-nutrition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/globalnutrition\/maternal-child-nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternal and child nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.375rem] font-bold\">Maternal and child nutrition<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The Global Nutrition Lab leads a portfolio of externally funded research on maternal, child, and adolescent nutrition in low- and middle-income countries. Our largest current trial, on the delivery of SQ-LNS through routine child health services, is based in Ghana \u2014 <a class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/globalnutrition\/ghana\/\">read more about our work in Ghana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">We are currently working with collaborators at the Lata Medical Research Foundation (LMRF) in Nagpur, India and the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) on several projects relating to maternal and child health and nutrition, including: 1) anemia during pregnancy; 2) the microbiome, resistome, and micronutrient content of human milk and their relationship with infant nutritional status; and 3) an intervention study supporting community health workers in urban slums with mHealth and in-person support to promote maternal and child nutrition and early childhood development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Publications from the LMRF collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">*Indicates a student co-author<br \/>\n**Indicates equal author contribution<\/p>\n<ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Dhurde, V.S., Patel, A.B., <strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong>, Hibberd, P.L. Anemia prevalence, its determinants and profile of micronutrient status among rural adolescent girls aged 14-19 years of Nagpur district, Maharashtra. <em>Public Health Nutrition<\/em>, 2024.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Lauer, J.M., Patel, A., Bhaise, S., Dhurde, V., Gugel, A.<em>, Shah, M.<\/em>, Goghari, A., Hibberd, P.L., <strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong> Maternal anemia during pregnancy and infant birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study in Eastern Maharashtra, India. <em>Current Developments in Nutrition<\/em>, 2024.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong>, Bhaise, S., Dhurde, V., Gugel, A.<em>, Lauer, J.M., Shah, M.<\/em>, Goghari, A., Hibberd, P.L., Patel, A. The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its correlates vary by trimester and hemoglobin assessment method in Eastern Maharashtra, India. <em>Maternal &amp; Child Nutrition<\/em>, 2024.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong>, Shah, M.*, Bhaise, S., Hibberd, P.L., &amp; Patel, A. Assessing the Diets of Young Children and Adolescents in India: Challenges and Opportunities. <em>Frontiers in Pediatrics<\/em>, 2022;10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Zambia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">In collaboration with researchers from Swiss TPH, Innovations for Poverty Action, and BUSPH, we recently completed a randomized trial of home-installed growth charts and\/or small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) for the prevention of stunting in children in three districts in Zambia. Global Nutrition Lab faculty provided technical input on nutritional assessment and data analysis, and led the biomarker assessment sub-studies and analyses examining the effect of the interventions on micronutrient status, biomarkers of enteric dysfunction, and the child gut microbiome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><strong>Zambia publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong>, Chembe, M., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Lauer, J.M., Sikazwe, D., Henderson, S., Rockers, P.C., Parkerson, D., Fink, G. Predictors of stunting and pathway analysis for linear growth among children 2-3 years of age after a trial of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and home-installed growth charts in three districts in Zambia. <em>Journal of Nutrition<\/em>, 2025.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Lauer, J.M., Pyykk\u00f6, J., Chembe, M., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Sikazwe, D., Chibwe, D., Henderson, S., Parkerson, D., Lepp\u00e4nen, J.M., Fink, G., <strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong>**, Rockers, P.C.** Markers of environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with poor growth and developmental outcomes among young children in Lusaka, Zambia. <em>Journal of Pediatrics<\/em>, 2024.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Fink, G., <strong>Locks, L.M.<\/strong>, Lauer, J.M., Chembe, M., Henderson, S., Sikazwe, D., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Parkerson, D., &amp; Rockers, P. The Impact of Growth Charts and Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutritional Supplements (SQ-LNS) on Child Growth in Zambia: A Four-Arm Parallel Open-Label Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. <em>BMJ Global Health<\/em>, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maternal and child nutrition The Global Nutrition Lab leads a portfolio of externally funded research on maternal, child, and adolescent nutrition in low- and middle-income countries. Our largest current trial, on the delivery of SQ-LNS through routine child health services, is based in Ghana \u2014 read more about our work in Ghana. 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