Association between food environments and fetal growth in pregnant Brazilian women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Birth weight is described as one of the main determinants of newborns' chances of survival. Among the associated causes, or risk factors, the mother's nutritional status strongly influences fetal growth and birth weight outcomes of the concept. This study evaluates the association between food deserts, small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (LGA) and low birth weight (LBW) newborns.

Design

This is a cross-sectional population study, resulting from individual data from the Live Birth Information System (SINASC), and commune data from mapping food deserts (CAISAN) in Brazil. The newborn's size was defined as follows: appropriate for gestational age (between 10 and 90^th percentile), SGA (< 10^th percentile), LGA (> 90^th

SUBMITTER: Victor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10500732 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature