Study designNewborns and their moth

Study design
Newborns and their mothers giving birth in hospitals were
randomly allocated to either control or intervention group
to estimate the effect of the nutrition counseling. The study
was conducted at the Maternal Care and Health Training
Institute (Azimpur, Dhaka) and Dhaka Medical College
Hospital (Dhaka). Enrollment of the study population started
in April 2008 and was completed in October 2008. The
Ethical Review Committee of ICDDR, B approved the study.