Priti Verma Taneja ¹, Snehlata Datta ¹, Manisha Saxena ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, M.P., IN

Abstract

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) encompasses a variety of emotional and physical symptoms which occur from several days to several weeks before the onset of menstruation and subside with the menstrual flow. Approximately ten percent of women report moderate to severe premenstrual symptoms that affect their work efficiency. There is no evidence that nutritional deficiencies cause PMS.

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Priti V. Taneja ¹, Manisha Saxena ¹

Affiliations
1 Baba Saheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (MP), IN

Abstract

The issue of maternal health is the most neglected tragedy of Bhil women of Jhabua District, coupled with ignorance, illiteracy, striking poverty and superstition. The National Institute of Nutrition (1983) reported various risk factors associated with low-birth-weight, height, morbidity and mortality which were assessed among non-pregnant-non-lactating and pregnant and lactating women from a slum. Poor anthropometric indices, adverse factors of previous pregnancy, abortion, perinatal death and short inter-pregnancy interval have been identified as risk factors.

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