Relationship between maternal nutritional status and infant's weight and body proportions at birth

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A retrospective study was done to analyze the correlation between maternal health and infant's weight and body proportions at birth. The data demonstrated that shorter and disproportionate babies are born to mothers who are young, light, short and thin. Babies who are lighter, shorter, thinner and with smaller heads were born to mothers with hemoglobin levels exceeding 12.5 g per deciliter during pregnancy. These findings are significant because birth outcome is hypothesized to be indicators of predisposition to chronic heart disease in adulthood.

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Biochemical assessment of nutritional status in pre- and post-natal Turkish women and outcome of pregnancy

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A study of the nutritional status of 130 post- and pre- natal Turkish women in the post-partum period at 13-17 weeks and 13-17 weeks and 28-32 weeks gestation periods of gestation reveals a large number of subjects lack vitamin B12, folate and other blood nutrients. The late pregnancy and post-partum subjects showed a 55% and 80% bone loss respectively.

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Can iron status be improved in each of the three trimesters? A community-based study

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Changes in haematological status among pregnant women in a rural community in three trimesters, with iron supplementation intervention were studied.

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