OBJECTIVES Weight at birth is usually considered as an indicator of the health status of a given society. As a result this study was designed to investigate the association between birth weight and maternal factors such as gestational weight gain, pre-pregnancy BMI and socio-economic status in Northern Ghana. METHODS The study was a facility-based cross-sectional survey conducted in two distr...

background: one of the most important indicators in public health is earlier traits of new born specially birth's weight. the aim of this study was determined effects of biological and psychological traits mothers on low birth weight in isfahan province. methods: this research performed on 910 new born and delivered mothers of isfahan province in 2009. according to the percentage of population ...

The role of the family environment in regards to dairy products and dietary calcium in the context of obesity is not fully understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the association among dairy-related dietary patterns (DDPs), dietary calcium, body weight and composition in mothers and daughters. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey within the MODAF Project. A total sam...

BACKGROUND A better understanding of the link between eating behavior and maternal feeding practices with childhood and maternal weight status is of great interest. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between childhood anthropometric measures with mothers' Body Mass Index (BMI) and their feeding practices toward preschool children in Chile. METHODS 1029 children (504 boys, 4.3 +/- 0.3 years...

Objectives. Little is known about the independent long-term effect on growth of exposure to maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Growth patterns in uninfected children who are born to infected mothers have not been described in detail previously beyond early childhood, and patterns over age for infected and uninfected children have not been based on appropriate general populat...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about the independent long-term effect on growth of exposure to maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Growth patterns in uninfected children who are born to infected mothers have not been described in detail previously beyond early childhood, and patterns over age for infected and uninfected children have not been based on appropriate general populati...

Background/Objective: Double burden of malnutrition, characterized by undernutrition among poor children and overnutrition disadvantaged adults coexisting in the same population group or household, is a serious global problem. The objective this study was to assess double malnutrition mothers their under-five rural communities Ibadan, Nigeria.
 Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive ado...

Stunting is a condition of failure to thrive in children under five due chronic malnutrition. This study aimed see whether there definite relationship between maternal height, education, nutrition knowledge, age, and employment status against stunting cases Manggeng village, Southwest Aceh Regency. Research an observational analysis with cross-sectional approach. They were held for two months (...