By day Rebecca Coffey is a science journalist,
contributing to Scientific American, Discover, and Vermont Public Radio.
The study, by Diane Coffey of Princeton University, found that
in India the underweight rate among pre-pregnant women is 7% more than the rate among all women 15-49 years old.
Coffey advises:"If your child is properly awake, alert, has
a normal appetite, playfulness and chattiness, they are probably going to cope at school even if they have a cold, sore throat or cough.