| Adolescent girls and their babies: achieving optimal birthweight. Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcome in terms of gestation at delivery and infant birth weight: a comparison between adolescents under 16 and adult women. | |
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PMID: 11251614 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: Pregnancy amongst under 16s has been reported to result in worse outcomes for the baby, including low birthweight. This study aimed to find out whether the under 16s need to gain more weight during pregnancy to avoid this outcome. METHOD: A retrospective case control study of pregnancy outcomes in girls delivering before the age of 16 and women delivering aged 25-30. Data was collected from medical case notes, including maternal age, pregnancy weight gain and infant birth weight. RESULTS: Although weight gain amongst under 16s was similar to that in the control group, average birthweight of babies born to under 16s was less than in the older group. For both girls and older women greater weight gain in pregnancy did result in higher birth weights. DISCUSSION: As younger girls are still growing it may be necessary for them to achieve a greater pregnancy weight gain in order to achieve a satisfactory birth weight. |
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Authors:
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N A Buschman; G Foster; P Vickers |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child: care, health and development Volume: 27 ISSN: 0305-1862 ISO Abbreviation: Child Care Health Dev Publication Date: 2001 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-03-19 Completed Date: 2001-05-03 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7602632 Medline TA: Child Care Health Dev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 163-71 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Management and Consumer Studies, University of Dundee, Perth Road, Dundee, Tayside, DD1 4HT, UK. |
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Adolescent Birth Weight* Body Mass Index Female Gestational Age* Humans Infant, Newborn Pregnancy Pregnancy in Adolescence* Retrospective Studies Scotland Weight Gain* |
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