Impact of an Integrated Intervention Package During Preconception, Pregnancy, and Early Childhood on the Gut Microbiome at Six Months of Age: Findings from the Women and Infants Integrated Growth Study (WINGS) Randomized Controlled Trial
The findings indicate that improving maternal and infant health, nutrition, and psychosocial conditions enhances the relative abundance of beneficial gut bacteria at 6 mo of age, supporting healthy growth and development. This trial was registered at Clinical Trials Registry-India as CTRI/2020/10/028770; https://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/advsearch2.php.
Authors
- Tor Arne Strand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4038-151X)
- Ravindra Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1137-8506)
- Nita Bhandari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-087X)
- Sunita Taneja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3338-9799)
- Partha P. Majumder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7009-7360)
- Ranadip Chowdhury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0055-6653)
- Anura V. Kurpad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-2438)
- Souvik Mukherjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5537-3248)
- Ankita Maddheshiya
Institutions
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology (IN)
- Society for Applied Studies (IN)
- St.John's Medical College Hospital (IN)
- DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (IN)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Indian Statistical Institute (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.04.016
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.61
Funders
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- The Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance