Neeta Dhabhai

Biographic Data

ID7987543
NAMENeeta Dhabhai
GIVEN NAMESNeeta
FAMILY NAMEDhabhai
SIGNATUREDHABHAI N
AFFILIATIONSSociety for Applied Studies
ORCID0000-0001-5548-2834
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Impact of early pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on birth outcomes

    Open AccessSaijuddin Shaikh, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Early pregnancy low body mass index (BMI) and inadequate gestational weight gain (IGWG) are significant risk factors for adverse birth outcomes. However, the specific risks among underweight women with IGWG or excessive GWG (EGWG), as well as overweight/obese women with IGWG or EGWG, compared to normal BMI women with adequate GWG (AGWG), remain poorly defined.The primary objective is to estimate the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) among w…

  • Experiences and actions taken by women to address delayed conception in Delhi, India

    Open AccessPriyanka Adhikary, Gitau Mburu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    One in six people experiences infertility in their lifetime globally, including India. Understanding experiences and actions taken by people with delayed conception requires developing person-centred fertility care interventions. We applied the theory of planned behaviour to explore the experiences and actions of women in couples that failed to conceive in low to lower middle-income neighbourhoods of Delhi, India. This was a qualitative study amo…

  • Benefit–cost analysis of an integrated package of interventions during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood in India

    Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that an integrated intervention package delivered during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood substantially reduces low birth weight and stunting at 24 months of age compared with routine care. Now we conduct a benefit-cost analysis to estimate the return on investment of this integrated approach in India. This increases the policy relevance of trial results, given the low investment in healthcare in I…

  • Management of undernutrition during preconception and pregnancy in an urban setting in North India

    Open AccessNeeta Dhabhai, Ranadip Chowdhury et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: The prevalence of underweight in women of reproductive age (WRA) in South Asia remains unacceptably high. Underweight women suffer from lowered immunity, infertility, and a risk of developing non-communicable diseases. In pregnancy, undernutrition results in poor neonatal and maternal outcomes. We present the findings and the management strategy of undernutrition in the preconception and pregnancy phase intervention group in the WIN…

  • Gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes

    Open AccessRanadip Chowdhury, Nitika Nitika et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Despite the high prevalence of inadequate gestational weight gain (GWG) and adverse pregnancy outcomes, very few studies have addressed the association between GWG and pregnancy outcomes in South Asia. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of GWG during the second and third trimesters within, below and above the Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines, and to estimate the effect of the rate and adequacy of GWG on gestational age at the ti…