This report is the long-awaited presentation of the results of the major study on the use of nutritional supplementation to improve the outcomes of pregnancy. In this study, a nutritional supplement refers to the provision of specified amounts of nutrients in a formula made up as a beverage. The formula would be used to aid in the quantification of the dietary intake of nutrients under study, in this case calories and protein. The expectation was that the supplements would be consumed in addition to the diet normally consumed and that they would not displace foods normally eaten.
The study design was initially presented at a workshop on nutritional supplementation and the outcome of pregnancy and sponsored by the Committee on Maternal Nutrition, National Research Council, in November 1971.1
Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Postoperative Oral Nutritional Supplementation after Major Gastrointestinal Surgery
