Record #:

2465

Author(s):

Barnett, Elizabeth; Bennett, Trude

Abstract:

Inadequate weight gain by mothers during pregnancy is second only to smoking in predicting low birth weight among Afro-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Other factors like lack of education were also studied during the 1988-1991 research.

Source:

CHES Studies (NoCar RA 407.4 N8 P48), Vol. Issue 95, Aug 1995, p1-17, il

Subject(s):

Birth weight, Low; Prenatal care; Pregnant women--Weight gain