Objective: Maternal nutrition during pregnancy is a key factor influencing birth outcome.
Dietary diversity is a proxy for multiple macro-and/or micronutrient sufficiency of an …

Inadequately diversified food consumption during pregnancy can lead to micronutrient
deficiencies, which can affect maternal and newborn health outcomes. Previous studies on …

Background Dietary diversity, a qualitative measure of dietary intake, which reflects the
variety of foods consumed has been recommended to assuage nutritional problems related …

Growth faltering in early childhood is prevalent in many low resource countries. Poor
maternal dietary diversity during pregnancy has been linked with increased risk of fetal …

Mothers in developing countries are nutritionally vulnerable due to an undiversified diet.
Dietary diversity and healthy dietary patterns of mothers are necessary for the health and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Maternal conditions and exposures during pregnancy including
over-and undernutrition are associated with poor childbirth outcomes, growth, development …

Diet is one of the main factors influencing pregnancy outcomes. Maternal and child health
both seem to be related to dietary patterns. So far, no study on dietary pattern has been …

Background Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Dietary
diversity is a key indicator of maternal dietary adequacy that may affect birth weight but little …

Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the major public health challenges in India. LBW etiology is
multifactorial and linked to multiple determinants, including maternal undernutrition and …

Background and objective Pregnant mothers are at risk of many adverse pregnancy
outcomes, including infants with low birth weight (LBW). The World Health Organization …