Underweight women at greater risk of miscarriage
Women who have a low body mass index before they become pregnant are 72% more likely to suffer a miscarriage in the first three months of pregnancy, but can reduce their risk significantly by taking supplements and eating fresh fruit and vegetables, according to study findings published online today. These are some of the findings of a new study, which appears today in the online edition o...Meth Use Increases Risk Of Underweight Babies
A new study finds that pregnant mothers who use methamphetamine have an increased risk of delivering underweight babies. Meth-using mothers had three-and-a-half// times increased risk of delivering underweight babies. The study is published in the September issue of the journal Pediatrics. Study author Dr. Barry Lester, a pediatrics professor at Brown University and director of the Br...Academy for Eating Disorders Calls for Ban on Underweight Models
The Academy for Eating Disorders, an international organization for eating disorder treatment, research and education professionals//, calls for a global ban on the use of severely underweight models in fashion shows and in fashion magazines, and encourages the industry to adopt a minimum acceptable height-to-weight ratio in keeping with the guidelines established by the World Health Organization...Underweight Children in the Country
As per the UNICEF report published in May, 2006 there are 57 million underweight children in India.// The action being taken by the Government under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to overcome the problem is as follows: 1. Implementing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMNC) which includes management of the commonest causes of neonatal and childho...Underweight Moms: Weighed Down by the Risk of Miscarriages
The British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published a study that looked into the some of the factors that increased the chances of miscarriages// in mothers-to–be. The study looked at 600 women who suffered miscarriages in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy (first trimester). They also studied 6,000 women whose pregnancies continued successfully to full term. The team from London...Nearly Half of Indian Children Below Three Underweight
New Delhi: Nearly half of India's children below the age of three are underweight and almost 200 million people in the country go to bed hungry every day, says new data.// The National Family Health Survey (NFHS 3) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) say 45.9 percent of Indian children under the age of three are underweight - they do not meet the standard weight in relation to their...