Socio-economic, environmental and nutritional characteristics of urban and rural South Indian women in early pregnancy: findings from the South Asian Birth Cohort (START)

Dwarkanath, Pratibha ; Vasudevan, Anil ; Thomas, Tinku ; Anand, Sonia S ; Desai, Dipika ; Gupta, Milan ; Menezes, Gladys ; Kurpad, Anura V ; Srinivasan, Krishnamachari (2018) Socio-economic, environmental and nutritional characteristics of urban and rural South Indian women in early pregnancy: findings from the South Asian Birth Cohort (START) Public Health Nutrition, 21 (8). pp. 1554-1564. ISSN 1368-9800

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017004025

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017004025

Abstract

High frequency of low birth weight (LBW) is observed in rural compared with urban Indian women. Since maternal BMI is known to be associated with pregnancy outcomes, the present study aimed to investigate factors associated with BMI in early pregnancy of urban and rural South Indian women.

Item Type:	Article
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Keywords:	Urban–rural geographic location, Hygiene and environment, Education, Macronutrients and pregnancy
ID Code:	126282
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