The study women were on average 24 years old (range 14 –44 years), having their first (31%), second (22%), third
(17%) or more (30%) pregnancy. All of them were in their second trimester based on fundal height; mean fundal height was 17.1 cm, corresponding to 21 weeks of gestation. Sixty-five per cent of the households were functionally landless, 72% of the women perceived themselves as economically deficit and 56% of the women had attended school for at least a year. About
38% of the women had ascariasis and three women (1%) had hookworm infestation