Abstract
Relationship among Maternal Height, Pre-Pregnancy Nutritional Status and Birth Weight of Neonates in Dhaka City
Highlights
Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at its birth
The current study found that 23.8% children born with Low birth weight (LBW), 72.2% with normal birth weight (NBW) and 4.0% with HBW
A relationship with maternal height and pre-pregnancy nutritional status was found in this study
Summary
Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at its birth. There have been numerous studies that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to show links between birth weight and later-life conditions, including diabetes, obesity, tobacco smoking and intelligence. Studies have found that LBW babies are about 20 times more likely to die in infancy compared to normal birth weight (NBW) babies, and those who survive, share a greater burden of various physical and psychological complications, such as behavioral and cognitive disorders.[4] The resulting health-care expenditures are higher for the surviving LBW babies.[5] with the demographic change of increased life expectancy at birth in developing countries, children born with LBW can cause an increased economic burden and an increased disease burden.[6,7] In addition, LBW is considered as a universal threat for developing countries that creates a barrier for child development.[8,9] Other studies have shown several factors to be determinants of LBW and have demonstrated that preventing those factors can help reduce early childhood morbidity and mortality.[10] The determinants of LBW are genetic, constitutional, obstetric, nutritional, related to maternal morbidities in the antenatal period, exposure toxins and drugs, and linked to antenatal care (ANC). Maternal age, birth spacing, ANC, anemia, genital infections, maternal
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