*3.9.2 Fruits and infant birth weight*

It was observed in the study that 23.53% women who had no fruits during the gestational period were having LBW infant and 76.47% were having normal infant weight. In subjects who occasionally ate fruits, 23.29% were having LBW 76.71% normal birth weight infants. In women who had atleast 1 fruit the chances of LBW was 19.32%, normal birth weight was 74.62% and HBW was 6.15%. In women taking more than 1 fruit daily, 33.33% had LBW and 66.67% had normal birth weight infants. It is observed that the chances of LBW infant are comparatively less in women taking 1 fruit daily (**Figure 14**).
