• Dr. T. Masthanaiah

The first 1000 days of life, from conception until the age of two years, is a critical window of opportunity for improving a child’s future nutritional status. A child’s future nutritional wellbeing begins before conception and is greatly depend on the mother’s nutritional status prior to and during pregnancy. Poor maternal pre=pregnancy nutritional status coupled with a suboptimal dietary intake and care during pregnancy and lactation, leads to decreased offspring birth weight and elevated risk of a child undernutrition, especially stunting. Stunted children, in turn, are at a higher risk of developing chronic diseases later in life, and deliver low birth weight babies, perpetuating or even deepening the intergenerational vicious cycle of under nutrition. This chapter describes the demographic and sociological characteristics of the mothers. It also provides data on maternal food intake, nutritional status, care and services sought during pregnancy and delivery.

Nutrition, Demographic,Undernutrition, Intake, Pregnant, Lactating.

"SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUTRITION LEVEL OF WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION: A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRAPRADESH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.c60-c68, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311210.pdf

"SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE NUTRITION LEVEL OF WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION: A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANANTAPUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRAPRADESH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppc60-c68, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311210.pdf