Protein Supplementation of Snakehead Fish Cookies on Pregnant Women

This study was randomized controlled trial study whose subjects were pregnant women in Sleman District, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The aims of this study were to make snakehead fish cookies formula which can be well accepted by pregnant women and to observed its effect on fetal growth and birth weight and length. It was hypothesized that snakehead fish cookies could prevent intrauterine fetal growth (IUGR) and low birth weight (LBW). Subjects on this study were randomly allocated into two groups which were treatment and control group. Subjects in treatment group were given snakehead fish cookies, while subject in control group received standard cookies. The intervention period lasted until subjects delivered their babies.