Birth weight is a strong indicator of maternal health care and nutritional status as well as new-born’s chances for survival, growth, long-term health and psychosocial development. Babies who are undernourished in the womb are in great risk of dying during their early months and years. Those who do survive are likely to have an increased risk of disease, an impaired immune system and remain undernourished throughout their lives. Children born underweight are also likely to have cognitive disabilities (Sutton and Darmstadt, 2013). Poor nutrition both before and during pregnancy is recognized as an important cause of low birth weight. Research has shown that improved food quality and quantity consumption during pregnancy effectively reduces low birth weight. Other factors such as infections, hypertension, smoking, poverty and poor socio-economic status also affect birth weight.