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Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index and Maternal Nutrition in Relation to Infant Birth Size
- Source :
- Clinical Nutrition Research
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Clinical Nutrition, 2019.
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Abstract
- This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and dietary intake on birth size in the north-east part of Iran. Maternal information including BMI and dietary intake from 453 healthy pregnant women were collected in 2013-2014. Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI were obtained from health records and dietary intakes in third trimester were collected by using a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), which consisted of 160 Iranian foods. Anthropometric measurements of neonates including weight, height, and head circumference were 3.19 ± 0.49 kg, 50.24 ± 2.1 cm, and 34.61 ± 1.5 cm, respectively. A significant difference was found in neonatal birth weight (p < 0.001) and head circumference (p = 0.002) between underweight and obese mothers. Furthermore, maternal intake of fat had a direct correlation with birth size. There was a positive relationship between vitamin A and potassium intake and birth height. The article concludes that normal maternal pre-pregnancy weight and appropriate diet are likely essential for healthy babies.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Vitamin
History
medicine.medical_specialty
Birth weight
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Education
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Neonate
Pregnancy
medicine
Body mass index
030109 nutrition & dietetics
business.industry
Pre pregnancy
Obstetrics
Anthropometry
medicine.disease
Birth size
Computer Science Applications
Diet
chemistry
Original Article
Underweight
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22873740 and 22873732
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Nutrition Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f19d36226c70b7bb974a981062a78ed0