Roselynn Mareena Rache
Nutrition plays an important role in a woman’s ability to sustain her pregnancy. Nearly 54% of Asian pregnant women were found to be at increased risk of inadequate energy intake. During pregnancy, a woman requires an extra 300-400 kcal/day, restriction of which leads to adverse maternal and foetal outcomes. Less is known about the impact of gestational weight gain in conjunction with BMI on perinatal outcomes in healthy pregnant women without other co-morbidities. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of abnormal BMI in early pregnancy and to compare the two standards of BMI classification namely, the WHO classification for the general population and the revised classification for Asian Population.
