Daily iron during pregnancy improves birth weight

A daily dose of iron during pregnancy reduces anaemia and is associated with a significant increase in birth weight and a reduction in risk of low birth weight, a systematic review and meta-analysis has shown.1

The researchers, from the Harvard School of Public Health, found a dose-response relation: for every 10 mg increase in iron dose each day (up to 66 mg a day) the risk of maternal anaemia was …