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Aaron Lechtig, MD, MPH; Hernan Delgado, MD, MPH; Robert Lasky, PhD; Charles Yarbrough, PhD; Robert E. Klein, PhD; Jean-Pierre Habicht, MD, PhD; Moisés Béhar, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1975;129(5):553-556.

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The incidence of low birth weight ( 2.5 kg [5.5 lb]) is excessive in rural and urban low socioeconomic groups in preindustrialized countries (Fig 1). Since the large part of the population in these countries is in this socioeconomic stratum, low-birth-weight infants constitute a large proportion of the total newborn population. About 3 million infants born in Latin America alone during 1973 were of low birth weight. Since most of them presumably were full-term newborns, their low weights reflected fetal growth retardation.

Low-birth-weight infants have a higher mortality during the first year of life than do infants of normal birth weight.^1,2 In addition, they show impaired mental development.^3,4 It is possible that this impairment influences their ability to develop into functioning adults.

Influence of Maternal Nutrition on the Proportion of Low-Birth-Weight Babies

Experiments in animals have shown that severe caloric or protein malnutrition in the mother delays fe . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala City.

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