Maternal nutritional status modifies heat-associated growth restriction in women with chronic malnutrition.

ABSTRACT: Rapid changes in the global climate are deepening existing health disparities from resource scarcity and malnutrition. Rising ambient temperatures represent an imminent risk to pregnant women and infants. Both maternal malnutrition and heat stress during pregnancy contribute to poor fetal growth, the leading cause of diminished child development in low-resource settings. However, studies explicitly examining interactions between these two important environmental factors are lacking. We leveraged maternal and neonatal anthropometry data from a randomized controlled trial focused on improving preconception maternal nutrition (Women First Preconception Nutrition trial) conducted in Thatta, Pakistan, where both nutritional deficits and heat stress are prevalent. Multiple linear regression of a

SUBMITTER: Shankar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896899 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature