title: [Low birth weight and prenatal maternal conditions].
abstract: This study was carried in the area covered by the Hospital Universitário of the University of São Paulo in order to verify the relationship between birth weight and maternal work and prenatal, nutritional (height, initial and final weight and weight gain during gestation) and socioeconomic-demographic (age, marital status, level of education, family income) conditions. It was based on a sample of 101 children. The occurrence of low birth weight (LBW) (5.1%) did not show association with maternal work nor with prenatal. On the other hand, LBW showed significant association with the following maternal variables: weight gain during the pregnancy under 7 kilograms, mother's age under 20 years old and marital status (single mothers). Despite the low occurrence of LBW, the results point out to the importance of taking measures to reduce LBW, in particular through the control of prenatal weight gain and prenatal among adolescents. Moreover, a policy of educating women, and in particular single women, about pregnancy, childbirth and nutrition seem an obvious necessity.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo (EEUSP).
authors.forename: Aurea Tamami
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Minagawa
authors.forename: Rosângela Elaine Minéo
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Biagoline
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: Ida Maria Vianna
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Ana Paula de Campos Araújo
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Luiza Dolores Saldaña
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ortega
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors