Why there is low birth weight in babies? - Ms. Sushma Jaiswal

Well, there are many reasons why there is low birth weight in the babies. One of the reason for the nutritional imbalance or if the mother is not getting proper nutrition. So in India according to the latest resort, there are lot of nutrient s mussing form the diet altogether. They are insufficient because if the cultivation practices, different processes the foods are preserved for a longer time and the nutritional content in the soil is depleted and the lifestyle and the food pattern, everything has been changed. So because of that if the mother gets less of nutrition, it is more likely that the baby is also premature. The baby needs more nutrition to go and develop into the full term baby. So the mothers requirement becomes one and a half time of all the nutrients. For example if a woman requires 1000 milligrams of calcium, during pregnancy, the requirement becomes one and a half time. So 1500 mgs of calcium. So likewise all the other nutrients are also required a little more than the normal requirement. So if the mother does not get enough or if the mother has some infection during some disease like diabetes. See diabetic babies are big, but they tend to be premature or they don’t have enough nutrient supply. So because of that they are not having complete nutrition and they also suffer from lots of health concerns later. Suppose of the other has BP, suppose if the drugs that the mother takes to control the baby, also affect the blood supply to the placenta for the baby and also the nutrition of the baby is affected and infections and other factors like earlier if the mother has premature delivery and it may cause again to have a premature delivery or there could be other reasons like intrauterine growth restrictions that could a happen because of alcohol abuse if the mother is taking alcohol or smoking or other and they could adversely affect or if the mother has high BP and multiple births could also be thee reason. So because of all these reasons. These premature births or if the weight is not sufficient or the babies are deficient in several nutrient. So it is very important for the pregnant mother to take advise from a qualified dietician to take balanced nutrition during the entire pregnancy. So stay healthy.