Nutritional Status and Additional Expenditure on Food During Pregnancy: Evidence From the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Nutritional Status and Additional Expenditure on Food During Pregnancy: Evidence From the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort. Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 5140754. PMCID: PMC8181471, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor nutritional statusNutritional statusPregnancy cohortSignificant differencesMean monthly household incomeSelf-administered questionnaireMonthly household incomeDifferent nutritional statusUnderweight mothersProspective cohortUnderweight groupMean agePregnant womenPregnant mothersUnderweight categoryObjective adherenceTrimesterAnthropometric measurementsFood consumption patternsHousehold economic statusRural Sri LankaCohortIncome quintileMothersPregnancy