Religious influence on dietary intake and physical condition of indigent, pregnant Indian women

Matter, Sharleen; Wakefield, Lucille M.

doi:10.1093/ajcn/24.9.1097

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“…t * of the Indians were vegetarian, it has been shown ** * v that strict vegetarians, who might be expected to develop nutritional deficiencies, remain healthy during pregnancy and have babies of normal weight (Thomas and Ellis, 1977). Indian women are known to have a diet which is relatively deficient in calcium by the third trimester (Matter and Wakefield, 1971), 4. 5 6 7 but their average daily calcium intake is still about m) 14 times the total content of calcium in the neonatal er's triceps skinfold and skeleton, so this is unlikely to have affected growth [fant pairs.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fetal growth in different racial groups.

Alvear¹,

Brooke²

1978

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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SUMMARY Three racial groups of mothers and their newborn babies-North European 75, Negro 75, and 'Indian' Asian 37--were matched for parity, gestational age, sex, maternal age, maternal smoking habits, and social class. Multiple anthropometric measurements, including skinfold thickness, limb circumferences, and various linear measurements were made on the mothers and their infants to determine the effects of race and smoking on fetal size. Indian-Asian mothers, though shorter and lighter than Europeans and Negroes, had similar skinfold thickness and weight: height2 ratios and gained as much weight during pregnancy. Their infants, however, were lighter than the others, and had smaller head and limb circumferences, although their linear measurements were the same. Negro and European infants were almost identical in size. We found no effect on any of the fetal measurements which could be attributed to smoking.

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confidence: 99%