Maternal Dietary Patterns and Practices and Birth Weight in Northern Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate maternal nutrition is a key factor for achieving good pregnancy outcomes. Moreover, inadequate dietary intake during pregnancy is considered an important contributor to maternal malnutrition in developing countries. Although some studies have examined the effect of the entire diet on birth outcome, most studies have been very narrow because they considered the effect of single nutrient. The single nutrient approach is a major setback because usually several nutrient deficiencies are more likely to occur than single deficiencies especially in low-income settings.

Objectives

The main aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal dietary patterns, and practices and birth weight in Northern Ghana.

Participant settings

A facility

SUBMITTER: Abubakari A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5017622 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature