Effect of nutritional status of pregnant women on birth weight of newborns at Butajira Referral Hospital, Butajira, Ethiopia.

Gashaw Garedew WoldeamanuelTeshome Gensa GetaTesfaye Petros MohammedMulualem Belachew ShubaTemesgen Abera Bafa

Published in: SAGE open medicine (2019)

This study has shown that nutritional status of pregnant women as indicated by maternal anthropometry and hemoglobin level was associated with birth weight of the baby. Therefore, nutritional status of the pregnant women should be improved to reduce the risk of low birth weight.

Keyphrases

birth weight
pregnant women
gestational age
low birth weight
preterm birth
weight gain
preterm infants
human milk
pregnancy outcomes
body mass index
primary care
healthcare
weight loss