Singh Awnish K, Malhotra Bhavya, Mohan Surapaneni Krishna, Joshi Ashish
Student, Saveetha Young Medical Researchers Group (SYMRG), Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saveetha University , Saveetha Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India .; Student, Operations Research in Population Health, Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society , New Delhi, India .
Public Health Researcher, Department of Public Health, Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society , New Delhi, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Aug;9(8):LC04-10. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/14463.6317. Epub 2015 Aug 1.
Healthy and nutritious diet is very essential component of Antenatal care along with clinical advice. The objective of this study was to understand the dietary choices, preferences, knowledge and related practices among pregnant women living in an Indian setting.
Hundred pregnant women were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Information about Socio-demographic profile, food item price and approach during inflation, nutrition related knowledge, attitude and practices and 24 hour dietary recall was acquired.
Majority of the participants (87%) reported regular antenatal care visits and intake of iron and folic acid tablets. Eighty two percent of the participants were acquainted with standardized marks on food items and 64% of them reported checking of these marks before purchasing. Thirty two percent of the participants did not know about balanced diet. Fifty eight percent of the participants felled in fair category of dietary recall final scores.
There is still vast room for improvement of the nutritional status of pregnant women as none of the participants were able to achieve excellent status on 24 hour food record scoring sheet.
健康且营养的饮食与临床建议一样，是产前护理的非常重要的组成部分。本研究的目的是了解生活在印度环境中的孕妇的饮食选择、偏好、知识及相关行为。
一百名孕妇参与了这项横断面研究。获取了社会人口统计学资料、食品价格及通货膨胀期间的应对方式、营养相关知识、态度和行为以及24小时饮食回顾等信息。
大多数参与者（87%）报告定期进行产前检查并服用铁剂和叶酸片。82%的参与者了解食品上的标准标识，其中64%的人报告在购买前会查看这些标识。32%的参与者不了解均衡饮食。58%的参与者在饮食回顾最终得分中处于中等水平。
由于没有参与者在24小时食物记录评分表上达到优秀水平，孕妇的营养状况仍有很大的改善空间。
