Application of a weight gain curve for pregnant women

Authors

  • Arnaldo Augusto Franco de Siqueira USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil
  • Cyro Ciari Junior USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil
  • Iara Lucia Brayner Mattos USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil
  • Keiko Ogura Buralli USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil
  • Malaquias Baptista Filho Escola Paulista de Medicina
  • Néia Schor USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil
  • Pedro Augusto Marcondes de Almeida USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil
  • Ana Cristina d'Andretta Tanaka USP; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Saúde Materno-Infantil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101977000200014

Keywords:

Pregnancy^i2^snutritional sta, Infant, premature, Infant newborn^i2^snutritional sta, Birth weight, Prenatal care

Abstract

The authors studied the influence of maternal nutrition on birth weight using anthropometric techniques because these methods are of low cost, and do not need specialized manpower for their application. In the 460 pregnant women attended at a prenatal care service, there was a positive relationship between pre-gestational weight gain during pregnancy, birth weight and gestational age. Babies born from mothers with adequate pre-gestational weight were 296.7 grammes heavier than those of women with insufficient weight. Anthropometric curves for the measurement of maternal weight have been simplified and now this new curve is being tested.

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Published

1977-06-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (1977)

Section

Notes and Informations

How to Cite

Siqueira, A. A. F. de, Ciari Junior, C., Mattos, I. L. B., Buralli, K. O., Baptista Filho, M., Schor, N., Almeida, P. A. M. de, & Tanaka, A. C. d'Andretta. (1977). Application of a weight gain curve for pregnant women . Revista De Saúde Pública, 11(2), 288-293. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101977000200014