Background Early pregnancy nutritional status can be associated with adverse birth
outcomes such as small-for-gestational age (SGA) and low birth weight (LBW). BMI (Body …

Background Low birth weight is highly prevalent in rural India. As a chronic undernutrition
problem, poor birth outcomes are closely related to various nutritional factors more …

Accumulating evidence has highlighted the role of maternal nutritional status on fetal
development, birth outcomes and child health. The Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment …

Background To assess the maternal characteristics and nutritional status according to body
mass index (BMI) at 6–14 weeks of gestation and to examine the relationship between …

Introduction BMI is a tool to measure maternal nutritional status. Maternal malnutrition is
frequently reported health problem especially during child bearing age and effects neonatal …

Background: Birth weight is an important predictor of a child's growth and survival and this is
dependent on the maternal health and nutrition during pregnancy. Objective: The objective …

Background Maternal nutrition is one of the most influential factors that affect the health of
the mother and her offspring and remains a significant public health challenge globally …

Maternal anthropometry and its influence on the birth weight has been studied widely, but
effects of maternal undernutrition in-utero depicted by surrogate measures of sitting height …

Background Maternal undernutrition during pregnancy is currently estimated at 23.5% in
Africa, which is worrying given the negative impacts of malnutrition on maternal and fetal …

Background: Birth weight is an indicator of the health status of a country. LBW remains a
leading public health problem especially in developing country causes of childhood …