Dietary Practices And Associated Factors During Pregnancy

However the majority of ethiopian pregnant women have inadequate nutrient intakes.

Dietary practices and associated factors during pregnancy. Identifying factors that affect the dietary practices of pregnant women is timely to design appropriate inter ventions. These may be due to their poor dietary habits. Pregnancy is the most crucial nutritionally demanding period of every woman s life. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess the dietary practices and associated factors among preg nant women in west gojjam zone.

A community based cross sectional study was conducted. In this country the dietary practices of pregnant women and. Our aim was to evaluate ds use and its socioeconomic lifestyle and dietary correlates among pregnant women participating in the french nutrinet santé cohort study. The high demand of nutrients to deposit energy in the form of new tissue growth of existing maternal tissues such as breast.

The result will be a helpful baseline data about pregnancy nutrition in the. Pregnant women at first trimester were nearly half less likely to have poor dietary practice as compared to the third trimester aor 0 46. The optimal dietary practice is a critical requisite for maternal nutrition. Dietary practices and associated factors during pregnancy in northwestern ethiopia amanuel nana1 and tona zema2 abstract background.

Background information on dietary supplement ds use during pregnancy is largely lacking. The incidence of dietary inadequacies as a result of dietary habits and patterns in pregnancy is higher during pregnancy when compared to any other stage of the life cycle. Knowledge of nutrition during pregnancy and associated factors among antenatal mothers. 95 ci 0 26 0 80.

Thus this study aimed to assess dietary practices and associated factors during pregnancy in bahir dar town northwest ethiopia. Proper food and good nutrition are essential for survival physical growth mental development performance and productivity health and well being. Thus this study aimed to assess dietary practices and associated factors during pregnancy in bahir dar town northwest ethiopia. The objective of this study was to assess the dietary practice and associated factors.

Factors associated with the dietary practice of pregnant women depicted in table 6. Identifying factors affecting the dietary practices of pregnant women is crucial to design appropriate interventions. Factors associated with the dietary practice.