Effect of maternal nutrition and socio-economic factors on birth weight of babies in Bangladesh.
One hundred post-partum women and their newly born infants were studied in a local Maternity and Child Health Center. A consistent relation appears to exist betwen mother's weight and birth weight of infants. A significant relationship also exists between birth weight and socio-economic status of mothers as well as her parity. It is concluded that improvement in nutritional status during pregnancy would lead to a substantial decrease in the incidence of low bith weight infants in this country.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001459:Bangladesh; D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011247:Pregnancy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors