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Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Nutrition
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
1600 Clifton Rd. NE (MS- K25)
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: (404) 488-5099

Conducted continuously since 1978

Data are collected from a population of low-income, high-risk pregnant women who participate in publicly funded prenatal nutrition and food assistance programs in order to monitor nutrition-related problems and behavioral risk factors associated with low birth weight among high-risk prenatal populations.

Access Information

ReportsKim I, Hungerford DW, Yip R, Kuester SA, Zyrkowski C, Trowbridge FL. "Pregnancy nutrition surveillance system - United States, 1979- 1990." Mobidity and Mortality Weekly Report CDC Surveillance Summaries, 1992 Nov 27, 41(7):25-41.

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