Fig. 1From: Nutrition during pregnancy and early development (NuPED) in urban South Africa: a study protocol for a prospective cohortSimplistic conceptual framework of exposure and outcome variables in the NuPED study. The study investigates the indicated variables from early pregnancy to infants up to 12Â months. The variables fall mainly in the modifiable risk factors category with the core interest being nutritional status. The outcome variables include birth outcomes such as birth weight and gestational age as well as postnatal growth and psychomotor developmentBack to article page