Introduction: Some studies have linked maternal underweight with adverse perinatal outcomes such as spontaneous abortion, abruptio placentae, small for gestational age newborn, intrauterine growth retardation and preterm birth. Objective: To determine the influence of maternal underweight in the onset of labor, route of delivery, birth weight, Apgar score and preterm birth. Methods: Retrospecti...

OBJECTIVE Infants aged 0-5 months are not systematically included in assessments of child nutritional status and are generally excluded from surveys conducted in emergencies. We estimated the impact of excluding 0-5-month-old infants on the prevalence of stunting, wasting and underweight among children under 5 years (U5) and under 3 years (U3) of age. DESIGN Comparison of the prevalence of st...

Introduction: Although there are several reports on the prevalence of underweight or obesity in low birth weight (LBW, <2.5 kg) children, there are few longitudinal studies from birth to early infancy. Methods: We enrolled 177 (93 boys) LBW and 2485 (1267 boys) normal birth weight (NBW, ≥2.5 and <4.0 kg) children. Height and weight data at birth and at 1.5, 3.5, and 5 years were obtained from m...

BACKGROUND We sought to evaluate the hypothesis that mental health impairment in underweight women, where this occurs, is due to an association between low body weight and elevated levels of body dissatisfaction and/or eating-disordered behaviour. METHODS Subgroups of underweight and normal-weight women recruited from a large, general population sample were compared on measures of body dissat...

BACKGROUND Despite the current obesity epidemic, maternal underweight remains a common occurrence with potential adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS We aimed to investigate the relationship between weight gain during pregnancy, and fetal growth in underweight women with low and late fertility. Women body mass index (BMI), defined according to the World Health Organization's definition, gestat...

Aim: To examine the impact of underweight body mass index (BMI) values on breast reconstruction outcomes. Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database was retrospectively reviewed for all patients who underwent breast reconstruction between 2006 and 2011. Patients were first stratified by breast reconstruction modality into prosthe...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of child underweight, overweight, and obesity in a Malaysian population according to 3 international references because classification of anthropometric status may differ according to the reference used to express body mass index (BMI). STUDY DESIGN We assessed data from 6414 children aged 6-18 years, collected by the South East Asia Community Observatory. C...

According to data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health (2018) stunting is nutritional problems for children under age five, where in 2017 about 22.2% five experienced stunting. Indonesia third country with highest prevalence Southeast Asia, average 2005-2017 was 36.4% (WHO). This study focused on providing micronutrient supplements pregnant women CED prevention newborns. Aims analyze differen...

BACKGROUND Both obesity and dysmenorrhea are prevalent among women. Few population-based longitudinal studies investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and dysmenorrhea yielding mixed results, especially for obesity. This study aims to investigate the long-term association between BMI and dysmenorrhea. METHODS 9,688 women from a prospective population-based cohort study were f...

BACKGROUND Obesity and underweight are both a public health concern worldwide. Being overweight, and obesity are primary risk factors for the development of chronic conditions including hypertension. Data on obesity and the underweight as well as their association with hypertension in Thai children, specifically, are scant. This study was aimed to assess the relationship between obesity or unde...