The Role of Lifestyle in Preventing Low Birth Weight.

Chomitz, Virginia Rall; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ511182

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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The Role of Lifestyle in Preventing Low Birth Weight.

Chomitz, Virginia Rall; And Others

Future of Children, v5 n1 p121-38 Spr 1995

Discusses the relationship between lifestyle choices and low birth weights and the opportunity that pregnancy offers women for adopting more healthful lifestyle behaviors. It reviews the literature that focuses on the roles of drug use, nutrition, stress, physical activity, employment, social support, violence, and sexually transmitted diseases in causing low birth weight. (GR)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Birth Weight, Body Weight, Drinking, Life Style, Nutrition, Predictor Variables, Prevention, Resistance to Change, Risk, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Social Change, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue topic: "Low Birth Weight."