… the North-east zone followed by the south zone and the lowest mean birth weight was
seen in the North zone for all children and also for male and female births (not presented in …

… be 136/800 (17%) newborn and rest newborn babies had normal birth weight. Range of birth
weight was reported as 1000-4500 gms and mean birth weight was 2825.26±517.908 gms. …

… birth-weight data, either from a written record or by recall. In this analysis, each child was
coded as “1” for having LBW if the birth weight … among children of Northern India, the decrease …

… of LBW in India. These key mediating factors that need to be considered to improve birth
weight of infants and targeted public health interventions are needed to improve these factors. …

… birth weight. Cut off points of 29.5 cm and 27.5 cm seem to be satisfactory for predicting birth
weight … as surrogate measures for low birth weight (<2500g) in newborns in northern India …

… with low birth weight (LBW) ie with birth weight ≤2500 g … in these low birth weight individuals
especially in the first 2–3 … These risk factors include prematurity, low birth weight, poor …

… Five studies were from northern India; 6 from southern India; 5 from eastern India; and 3 from
western India. The sample size of the included studies ranged from 120 to 17 318 (Table I). …

… Of these, 80% are born either low birth weight (<2500 g) or preterm (<37 weeks). Though
very low birth weight (<1500 g [VLBW]) including extremely low-birth-weight (<1000 g [ELBW]) …

… risk for early childhood obesity among children more than 7 years of age with a birth weight
of more than 3500 g as compared to birth weight of 2500-2999 g in rural northern India. …

… 2 that high-high clusters of low birth weight are found mostly in districts of northern,
central and western states of India, while the low-low clusters are mostly found in the north-eastern …