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For mother’s who took iron and folic acid supplements during pregnancy, there was a 31% reduction in their child’s mortality. Those mothers also had a reduction in low birth rate of 16%.

EurekAlert, 2009-10-28, Mortality rates reduced among children whose mothers received iron-folic acid supplements

10-36 percent of the patients, aged 4-19 years old, become overweight or obese after 11 weeks on the medication.

EurekAlert, 2009-10-27, Use of antipsychotic medications by children and adolescents associated with significant weight gain