Back ground: Maternal nutritional status influences the developmental environment of the
fetus which consequently affects the birth weight of the newborn. However, the association …

Abstract Father involvement in South Africa is low, despite evidence that it can improve
maternal and child health and wellbeing. Within a larger randomised controlled trial, we …

Background In Ethiopia about 25% of rural women are chronically malnourished. Non-
pregnant and non-lactating women present an opportunity to implement strategies to correct …

Sociocultural pressures to pursue unrealistic appearance expectations and control body
shape and weight during pregnancy and postpartum periods have been increasing. Little is …

Background/objectives In countries like India, common public concerns regarding nutrition
are low birth weight. The types and patterns of food consumption vary among Hindus and …

Introduction: Low birth weight is associated with increased incidence of new born morbidity
and mortality. Aims and objective of the research were to correlate the effect of maternal …

Background Low birth weight is an important predictor of maternal and child health. Birth
weight is likely to be affected by maternal health, socioeconomic status and quality of health …

Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) is the dominating risk factor for infant morbidity and
mortality. LBW infants were three times more likely than normal birth weight infants to have …

Berat bayi lahir (BBL) merupakan salah satu indikator kesehatan bayi baru lahir yang sehat
dan cukup bulan. Salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi berat bayi lahir adalah asupan zat …

Background Early neonatal death is the death of a live-born baby within the first seven days
of life, which is 73% of all postnatal deaths in the globe. This study aimed to develop and …