*3.9.3 Junk food and infant birth weight*

The frequency of junk food whether affects the infant birth weight was also determined in the study. It was found that in women taking no junk food at all, the chances of LBW were 16.39% and normal birth weight and HBW are 78.69% and 4.92% respectively. In women taking junk food once a month there were 22.33% LBW, 74.76% normal birth weight and 2.91% HBW infants. In women who took junk food every 15 days (fortnight), 25.58% were LBW, 72.09 were normal weight and 2.33% were HBW infants. Subjects who had junk food once or twice a week, 21.05%, 73.68% and 5.26% infants were LBW, normal weight and HBW respectively (**Figure 15**).

### *3.9.4 Diet and type of delivery*

It was also observed that amongst women taking 1 glass milk daily (42.92%), about 55.67% of had normal type of delivery. Amongst women taking 1 fruit daily (57.52%), 53% women had normal delivery. No correlation was observed between junk food frequency and type of delivery.

*Association of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain with Preterm… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96922*

#### **Figure 14.**

*Comparison of intake of fruits to infant birth weight.*

**Figure 15.** *Comparison of junk food to infant birth weight.*

**Figure 16.** *Haemoglobin and type of delivery.*
