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Low birth weight (LBW; WHO dened as <2.5 kg) has become the new public health concern at global level (contributes 60–80% of neonatal deaths) as it is one of the strongest risk factor associated with (1) neonatal mortality and morbidity. Various factors including maternal age, the sex of the child, maternal education level, wealth index, religion, insurance coverage, location of residence, maternal body mass index (BMI), anemia status, history of stillbirths, birth spacing, and adequate antenatal care (ANC) visits can have inuence on birthweight. Most of the above mentioned factors are identied as a modiable factor that could potentially be improved in order to reduce the risk of LBW.
Patel et al. (Fri,) studied this question.