Pregnancy is one of the most critical and unique period in a woman’s life cycle. The present longitudinaludstudy was undertaken to assess the influence of certain factors on mode of delivery and birth weight in urban pregnantudwomen visiting hospitals for regular ANC check-up. The sample size included 100 pregnant women. Information wasudcollected on age, type of family, education, income, parity, medical history, obstetric history, meal pattern andudmorbidity status by personal interview method using questionnaire. Mode of delivery was noted using hospital records.udBirth weight of neonates was taken within two days of birth. Majority of the subjects (82%) were using mixed type ofuddiet. non vegetarians. Fever was the most common ailment reported. The influence of the factors like maternal ageudand parity on mode of delivery and also the influence of maternal age and birth weight were found to be nonudsignificant. Significant association was observed between maternal age and the body mass index (p >0.05). The studyudrevealed that the basic nutrition education is very essential for women in order to maintain a normal body mass indexudduring the prime child bearing age.
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