the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible association between pregnancy weight gain and child weight at the 12 th and 24 th months of age in damavand city, north-east tehran, iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, using existing data collected by the urban health centers, records of 266 women who attended urban health centers for prenatal care and delivered bet...

background: given the importance of birth weight and the effects of anthropometric indices and socioeconomic status on it, this study was conducted to assess birth weight and its related factors among infants born in the hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour university. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 269 newly born babies and their mothers in hospitals of ahwaz jondishapour un...

introduction weight in delivery is simplest and current health indication for assessment infant statues in each country.  purpose of this study is assessment correlation to unplan pregnancy and low birth weight in new infants also some key factors influencing on low birth weight. materials and methods in this study 838 pregnant mothers in two group wanted and unwanted performed. this study is d...

aim &background;: muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during ramadan, the 9th lunar month. the duration of fasting varies from 13 to 18 hrs per day. fasting individuals abstain from drinking liquids and eating foods. manypregnant women and gynecologists are concerned about the possible complicationsassociated with fasting and effects on fetal health. the aim of this study was to determine the e...

background: previous studies have shown that meconium staining of the amniotic fluid may affect maternal and neonatal outcomes. in this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between birth weight and meconium passage and its related factors in pregnant women.materials and methods: this matched case control study was conducted on a total of 200 newborns (100 as cases and 100 as controls...

back ground anemia in pregnancy is associated with increased rates of maternal and perinatal mortality, premature delivery, low birth weight, and other adverse outcomes materials and methods a prospective study was conducted on 1405 iranian pregnant women who delivered during 2015. blood was collected from all the subjects to measure the hemoglobin (hb) during 16-19 weeks, 22-24 weeks, and 34-3...

background: maternal nutrition during pregnancy affects the birth weight of neonates. some of the undesirable pregnancy outcomes are linked to lower birth weights. this study aimed to assess the relationship between maternal dietary patterns, weight gain during pregnancy and nitric oxide (no), as an endothelial relaxing factor, and the possible effects on birth weight.materials and methods: at ...

conclusions not using iron supplementation did not cause of anemia in women with hb concentrations greater than 13.2 g/dl during pregnancy; thus, the systematic care and control of iron status markers without iron supplementation is recommended for these women. results there were statistically significant differences between the two groups in hb (p = 0/03) and ferritin (p = 0/04) levels at the ...

background prematurity is an issue related to increasing the neonatal morbidity and mortality and smoking pregnant women cause the risk of low birth weight and prematurity increase, compared to non-smoking ones. results of all 205 women, 43 (20.97%) women exposed to shs during pregnancy and 162 (79.02%) women did not. in shs exposure group, 11 infant (25.6%) and in non- shs exposure group, 17 i...

Anthropometric parameters are an important indicator of health and nutritional status comprising the whole span of mans life. However, they are not of the same degree of simplicity and sensitivity in assessing the public health status. During recent decades many studies have attempted to examine the relationships of these measurements in order to present simple alternatives for similar purposes...