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. 1980 Jul;55(7):521-6.
doi: 10.1136/adc.55.7.521.

Excessive carbohydrate intake in pregnancy and neonatal obesity: study in Cap Bon, Tunisia

I de Schampheleire, M A Parent, C Chatteur

Excessive carbohydrate intake in pregnancy and neonatal obesity: study in Cap Bon, Tunisia

I de Schampheleire et al. Arch Dis Child. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

A high incidence (over 20%) of obesity was found in 250 neonates living in a rural area of Tunisia, by using weight and ponderal index per gestational age as the nutritional index. Maternal diabetes was probably excluded. Two surveys on nutritional habits--one on the general population and the other on pregnant women--showed a tendency to consume a high carbohydrate and low protein diet. The effect of a badly balanced maternal diet on the fetus is discussed.

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