Anthropometry of the New Born with Special Reference of Birth Weight

Two hundred and two infants born to cross-sectional population of semi-urban locale were studied infantometrically with special focus on birth weight by duly considering the mother ’s age, education, type of marriage, health, parity and sex of the child for proper interpretation of the data. The results of the study indicate that the incidence of low birth weight ( 2.5 kgs) is associated with certain life conditions of the mother as well couples. Variation is physical growth characters is also observed through infantometry. Infants born to mothers in the age-cohorts of 20-24 and 25-29, with good educational back ground and socio-economically well-off are on an average heavier (> 3 kgs weight), larger is size (> 48 crown-heel) and shape (> 33 chest circumference). Incidence of low birth weight is common among infants born to mothers of very young age, that is, 15-19 years and also infants born to mothers who are not healthy. In such cases infants are lighter in weight ( 2.5 kgs)

Anthropometry · Birth weight · Incidence (geometry · Low birth weight · Obesity · Parity (physics · Population · Pregnancy · Birth, Development, and Health · Demography · Human Health and Disease · Mathematics · Medicine · Pediatrics