Relationships between psychosocial distress and diet during pregnancy and infant birthweight in a lower-middle income country: "Healthy mothers, healthy communities" study in Vanuatu.
CONCLUSIONS: Maternal distress following a natural disaster has important implications for maternal and child health. In LMICs, low birthweight remains a pressing public health concern. Distress during pregnancy might represent one underlying risk factor.
PMID: 29606018 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Human Biology - Category: Biology Tags: Ann Hum Biol Source Type: research
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