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Excerpt from Predictors of Inadequate Gestational Weight Gain Among African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites
Adequate weight gain may be the best overall indicator of good maternal nutrition during preg nancy: Inadequate maternal weight gain during pregnancy is the second leading determinant of low birth weight in industrialized nations, preceded only by cigarette smoking.' Poor maternal weight gain is potentially modifiable with proper prenatal care, making it an important target for efforts to improve maternal and child health. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
