Abstract:Abstract:Birth weight of an infant is an indicator to a healthy future generation. This study was designed to find out the association between weight gain and level of knowledge about nutrition of pregnant mothers and the association between weight gain of mother to the birth weight of the child. Healthy mothers (n=201) were selected from the antenatal wards of Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka. Those who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were given a self-administrated questionnaire and their weight a… Show more
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