Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
This cross-sectional study was designed to assess the influence of the nutritional status of the mother upon the anthropometric measures of their babies. It was conducted at three different hospitals of Dhaka city during a short period of 5 weeks in 1992. One hundred and fifty mothers with their newborns were studied to correlate their anthropometric measurements. Weight, heightJIength and mid-arm-circumference were measured. The study showed that the correlation between weight of mother and weight of her newborn was stronger than that between heights (length) and mid-arm…