Pre-conception and prenatal factors influencing gestational weight gain: a prospective study in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In low-income countries, the high prevalence of pre-pregnancy undernutrition remains a challenge for the future health of women and their offspring. On top of good nutrition, adequate gestational weight gain has been recognized as an essential prerequisite for optimal maternal and child health outcomes. However, good-quality data on factors influencing gestational weight gain is lacking. Therefore, this study was aimed to prospectively identify pre-conception and prenatal factors influencing gestational weight gain in Ethiopia.

Methods

A population based prospective study was undertaken between February 2018 and January 2019 in the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia. Firstly, the weight of non-pregnant women of reproductive age living in the study area was measured

SUBMITTER: Misgina KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546955 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature