Physical underdevelopment
A major consequence of
girl’s nutritional deprivation in early childhood and adolescence is their
failure to achieve full growth potential. Majority of girls form low income
families reach adolescence about 12-15 one shorten their well-to-do peers in
the same society (Rohdo, 2007). The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau’s data
shows that girls who bear a child before the class of adolescent growth spurt
many remain physically underdeveloped and hence are at greater risk of
obstetric complications, obstructed labour or maternal death, as well as of
bearing low birth weight infants. During pregnancy, women’s access to food is
often restricted through the taboos and rituals observed in some communities.
Besides low maternal pre-pregnancy weights and inadequate weight gains during
pregnancy, low birth weights are also related to haemoglobin levels, so that
the high prevalence of anaemia adds to the negative outcomes of childbearing.
girl’s nutritional deprivation in early childhood and adolescence is their
failure to achieve full growth potential. Majority of girls form low income
families reach adolescence about 12-15 one shorten their well-to-do peers in
the same society (Rohdo, 2007). The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau’s data
shows that girls who bear a child before the class of adolescent growth spurt
many remain physically underdeveloped and hence are at greater risk of
obstetric complications, obstructed labour or maternal death, as well as of
bearing low birth weight infants. During pregnancy, women’s access to food is
often restricted through the taboos and rituals observed in some communities.
Besides low maternal pre-pregnancy weights and inadequate weight gains during
pregnancy, low birth weights are also related to haemoglobin levels, so that
the high prevalence of anaemia adds to the negative outcomes of childbearing.
