Nutrition for Special Groups

Nutrition for Special Groups 3(3+0)

Lesson 12 : Pregnancy in Adolescents

Complications

• Iron deficiency anemia – due to poor and inadequate care.
• Prolonged labour due to physical immaturity of mother.
• Higher rates of still birth, low birth weight infants, higher morbidity and mortality.
• More complications in infants and higher costs of caring for the infants.