The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Relative Utility of Various Anthropometric Indices for the Nutritional Assessment of Pregnant Women


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1 National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad - 500 007, India
     

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Pregnant women constitute an important segment of population with higher nutrient requirements. Though extensive work has been carried out on various aspects of nutrition in pregnant women, there have been very few attempts to identify a best and suitable anthropometric index for the assessment of nutritional status. The need for this work was also made in the literature. In the present study, the relative utility of the following indices has been studied.
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N. Balakrishna
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad - 500 007, India
P. Yasodhara
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad - 500 007, India
K. Visweswara Rao
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad - 500 007, India

Abstract


Pregnant women constitute an important segment of population with higher nutrient requirements. Though extensive work has been carried out on various aspects of nutrition in pregnant women, there have been very few attempts to identify a best and suitable anthropometric index for the assessment of nutritional status. The need for this work was also made in the literature. In the present study, the relative utility of the following indices has been studied.