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Relationships between psychosocial distress and diet during pregnancy and infant birthweight in a lower-middle income country: 'healthy mothers, healthy communities' study in Vanuatu.

Alysa PomerGiavana BuffaFasihah TaleoJ Hunter SizemoreApisai TokonGeorge TaleoLen TarivondaChim W ChanAkira KanekoKelsey Needham Dancause
Published in: Annals of human biology (2018)
Maternal distress following a natural disaster has important implications for maternal and child health. In LMICs, low birthweight remains a pressing public health concern. Distress during pregnancy might represent one underlying risk factor.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • birth weight
  • gestational age
  • physical activity
  • mental health
  • risk factors
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • weight loss
  • preterm birth