Maternal nutrition and low birth weight.
The UK has the same incidence of low birth weight babies as Romania--7% of all births. The incidence is higher in deprived areas. In Hackney, east London, 10% of babies are below 2.5 kg at birth. Infant mortality is higher in smaller babies and they are more likely to be sickly infants, have congenital abnormalities or under-achieve at school.
Doyle
Wendy
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London Metropolitan University, London.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008019:Life Style; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology