The relationship between mother's gain during pregnancy and infant's birth weight

Toombs, Percy W.

doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(31)90754-0

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“…It was found that birth weight increased with increasing pregnancy weight gain from 3144 g in those women gaining 7 kg to 3620 g in those gaining 13.6 kg. With few exceptions (Toombs, 1931) this observation has been corroborated by the majority of subsequent studies (Slemons and Fagan, 1927;Cummings, 1934;Kerr, 1943;Bailey and Kurland, 1945;Ademowore et al, 1972).…”

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