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By Doris Daugherty *
One out of every four mothers bearing a first child is less than 20 years old. A startling statistic? Yes. But not nearly as startling, says Dr. Evelyn Spindler, Extension nutritionist in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, as the fact that about half the teenage girls in this country, have diets poor in some essential nutrients. This makes them ill-equipped for motherhood. According to Dr. Icie G. Macy, an expert in child nutrition, babies born to under nourished teen-agers may be premature, have congenital de fects, or lack adequate nutritional stores to protect them through birth and the first days and months of life. Because the teen-ager’s own body is still in the formative stage, the young mother bears an added strain dur ingprege
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