DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i06.122

Pages: 3445-3451

Introduction: New born babies constitute the foundation of life. Healthy and smiling babies are likely to evolve as physically and mentally strong adults with enhanced quality of life. The neonatal as well as fetal life both form a continuum during which human growth and development are affected by genetic, intrauterine and extrauterine environment which can be predicted by certain maternal characteristics. Aim & Objective: To study the effect of maternal nutritional status on fetal outcome. Material and Methods: To evaluate 500 live births in relation to maternal and neonatal factors and correlation of anthropometric measurements. The incidence of beneficiaries availing the antenatal care facilities was also studied and their correlation with neonatal outcome was analysed. It is a random study based on interview of pregnant women admitted in the antenatal wards. Results: Mothers having gestational weight < 50 kg had incidence of 29.4% which indicate malnutrition. While 47.4% mothers had weight between 50-60 kg and 23.2% mothers had weight > 60 kg. 27.8% mothers had height < 145 cm indicate short stature which is suggestive of chronic malnutrition, between 145-155 cm incidences is 40.4% and > 155 cm incidence is 31.8%. 79% of mothers had anaemia of which 9.6% had severe anaemia, 10.8% had moderate anaemia and 38.6% had mild anaemia.