Table 1 Milk intake increases prepregnancy, gestational, placental, fetal, and birth weight
Effect of milk intake | Outcome | Studies [Ref.] |
|---|---|---|
Prepregnancy weight | Increase | Randomized intervention study, Denmark [80] |
Gestational weight gain | Increase | Observational study, Iceland [86] |
Placental weight | Increase | Danish National Birth Cohort, Denmark [87] |
Increase | Pune Maternal Nutrition Study, India [88] | |
Fetal weight | Increase | Generation R Study, Netherlands [156] |
Birth weight | Increase | Generation R Study, Netherlands [156] |
Increase | Observational study, Sweden [158] | |
Increase | Pune Maternal Nutrition Study, India [88] | |
Increase | Observational study, Canada [159] | |
Increase | Prospective observational study, Australia [160] | |
Increase | Randomized controlled trial, USA [161] | |
Increase | Systematic literature review, Norway [162] |