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Mother's Height Has An Impact On Child's Health In India
The study, carried out by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), revealed an association between the height of mothers and several indicators of her children's health, including risk of death, risk of being underweight, and anemia.
The research team found that children with mothers shorter than 4 foot 9 inches were 70 percent more likely to die than those whose mothers were at least 5 foot 3 inches tall.
Maternal height was viewed as an indicator reflecting a mother's own childhood health environment, and thus the study suggests Indian women are effectively passing along their early health status to the next generation.
The study was conducted by Associate Professor S V Subramanian and Neetu John, a masters student, both in the HSPH Department of Society, Human Development and Health, and colleagues Leland Ackerson from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and George Davey Smith, the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
For the study, the researchers used data from India's 2005-06 National Family Health Survey, which is taken from a representative sample of households across India. More than 50,000 children under age five were included in the survey.
The researchers specifically looked at the height of mothers and health indicators for children under age five. Because a mother's height may reflect her own childhood health status, there is a plausible link between her stature and her child's health.
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