Determinants of nutrient adequacy for lactating and pregnant mothers in a rural area of Bangladesh

Maternal nutrition is one ot the determinants of an infant's birth weight. A pregnant woman is likely to give birth to an underweight child if her diet is not nutritionally adequate. Employing data from a rural area of Bangladesh, the paper examines the nutrient adequacy of the diets of pregnan...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Bangladesh development studies
1. Verfasser: Chaudhury, Rafiqul Huda (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chaudhury, Rafiqul H. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1986
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Zusammenfassung:Maternal nutrition is one ot the determinants of an infant's birth weight. A pregnant woman is likely to give birth to an underweight child if her diet is not nutritionally adequate. Employing data from a rural area of Bangladesh, the paper examines the nutrient adequacy of the diets of pregnant and lactating mothers and evaluates the extent to which these nutritive needs are fulfilled relative to the needs of other members of the family. (DÜI-Sen)
Beschreibung:2 graph. Darst., 6 Tab., Lit. S. 121-122
ISSN:0304-095X