Baseline data
RECRUITMENT
Demographic information such as age, body weight, height, BMI at the booking visit, and parity were collected on the day of recruitment, which coincided with the first day of hospital admission. The characteristics of the study population are presented below [Table 
Information on socio-demographic characteristics and descriptive data on anthropometry of the study populationAs indicated in the table above, this trial comprised a population of young adults, with mean ages around 30 and 33 in the intervention and control groups, respectively. The estimated range for parity in the intervention group would be approximately 1 to 2. The parity range in the control group is estimated to be around 2 to 3.