Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, Chandra M Kumar, Anupama Roy Chowdhury, Chang Su
A snapshot survey of perceptions of healthcare professionals on ageing surgeons
Postgraduate medical journal
introduction data literature appropriateness vegetarian diets pregnancy impact birth anthropometric parameters newborn divergent conflicting aim present study compare birth anthropometric parameters three groups children distinguished according dietary pattern followed mothers pregnancy moreover second aim study cultural inference vegetarianismmaterials methods september 2017 may 2018 pediatric service campus biomedico university hospital rome vegetarianoriented societies detailed information provided mothers showed interest participating study 100 mothers gave consent consideration criteria inclusion exclusion 55 respective children total 63 kids enlisted study based dietary pattern followed women pregnancy participants divided three groups vegan group lactoovolactovegetarian group omnivorous group data necessary study collected questionnaire previously created sent electronically 55 enrolled mothersresults statistical analysis emerged birth weight expressed grams expressed growth percentiles vegan mothers children lower omnivorous mothers children significant difference emerged comparison length cranial circumference bmi birth three groupsconclusion although study statistically significant differences birth weight vegan group omnivorous one emerged values anthropometric parameter included within physiological range decided experts field emerges planning type diet experts field indispensable ensure physiological development fetus given limited number participants cannot draw unequivocal certain conclusions subject