Essential Fatty Acids in Maternal Diets
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Low birth weight: Low birth weight is multifactorial in its causation. Short maternal stature, maternal anaemia, low energy intake and low weight gain in pregnancy, infections and smoking have all been identified as possible factors. The gestational age of liveborn infants in poor Indian communities appears to be significantly shorter than that reported for the developed countries. As an example, infants born prior to 37 weeks of gestation account for 5 per cent of all births in developed countries (USA2 and Norway3) as against 12-14 per cent in India4. The incidence of low birth weight even in full term deliveries (>37 weeks of gestation) in India and South Asian countries is much higher than that reported from developed countries5. On the other hand, among affluent sections of India the incidence of low birth weight deliveries is apparently of the same order as is observed in the developed countries. For instance, a study6 by Nutrition Foundation of India showed that only 6 per cent of infants among the affluent sections of the Indian population were of low birth weight. Thus socioeconomic factors, particularly undernutrition, seem to play the determining role. This situation is especially alarming in the light of the studies of Barker et al7 which have revealed that there are longterm implications associated with intra-uterine growth retardation and low birth weight – namely predisposition to chronic degenerative diseases in adulthood.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012