Excessive carbohydrate intake in pregnancy and neonatal obesity: study in Cap Bon, Tunisia.
A high incidence (over 20%) of obesity was found in 250 neonates living in a rural area of Tunisia, by using weight and ponderal index per gestational age as the nutritional index. Maternal diabetes was probably excluded. Two surveys on nutritional habits--one on the general population and the other on pregnant women--showed a tendency to consume a high carbohydrate and low protein diet. The effect of a badly balanced maternal diet on the fetus is discussed.
D001724:Birth Weight; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014416:Tunisia
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates