Iron consumption in obese pregnant women and birth outcome

(1849kcal/d;1984kcal/d; 2066kcal/d respectively). Overall iron intakes were low with 63.6% achieving 0.05) but all 6 womenwith a LBW baby ( < 2.5kg) and 7 out of 8 women with pre-term delivery ( < 37 weeks) failed to achieve RNI for iron. The results suggestthat despite a high BMI and an adequate energy intake, quality of diet may be lacking in obese pregnant women. This provides furtherevidence of the association between iron deÞciency and LBW and PTD.