Department of Life Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Department of Biomedical Science, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Womens Health (Lond). 2024 Jan-Dec;20:17455057241272216. doi: 10.1177/17455057241272216.
Women's knowledge of the nutritional guidelines during pregnancy can affect the health and nutritional status of both mother and child. Having good nutritional information related to maternal dietary intake and healthy lifestyles is therefore of great importance. However, there is limited published research that demonstrates pregnant women's knowledge of the nutritional guidelines during pregnancy in Lebanon.
To assess the knowledge on food sources and energy recommendations as well as food safety practices and diet-health relationship among women during pregnancy in Lebanon.
A cross-sectional study.
The study was conducted at prenatal care clinics in Lebanon, and all pregnant women present, regardless of nationality, were invited to complete the self-administered nutrition knowledge questionnaire. The study assessed five different nutrition knowledge domains (food sources of nutrients, dietary behaviors, food safety knowledge, micronutrients for fetal development, and energy requirements and weight gain) and the demographic characteristics of pregnant women who completed a multidimensional online survey based on validated and existing measures.
Four-hundred and ten responses were obtained. Approximately half of respondents (47%) held a university degree, for 42% of women this was their first pregnancy, and 71% had a planned pregnancy. Among the different nutrition knowledge domains, the highest levels of knowledge were for the behaviors that can minimize the effect of nausea/vomiting, heartburn, and constipation during pregnancy (63.9%) and the lowest levels of knowledge was for the importance of iodine and omega-3 fatty acids in pregnancy (28.4%). Most of females knew about food safety practices during pregnancy (72.9%) but less than half were knowledgeable about listeriosis contamination (45.9%), and the types of fish that are the safest to select during pregnancy (47.8%).
Despite the fact that pregnant women had an adequate level of knowledge in different nutrition-related areas, there was inadequate level of awareness related to critical nutrients and behaviors that can have adverse effects on mother and/or baby. Therefore, there is a need to focus on specific maternal nutrition aspects such as iron-rich foods, listeriosis food contamination, and nutrients that aid in fetal brain and retina development.
女性对孕期营养指南的了解程度会影响母婴的健康和营养状况。因此，获取与孕产妇饮食摄入和健康生活方式相关的良好营养信息非常重要。然而，黎巴嫩有关孕妇对孕期营养指南了解程度的研究有限。
评估黎巴嫩孕妇对食物来源和能量推荐值以及食品安全实践和饮食-健康关系的了解程度。
横断面研究。
该研究在黎巴嫩的产前保健诊所进行，邀请所有在场的孕妇，无论国籍如何，填写自我管理的营养知识问卷。该研究评估了五个不同的营养知识领域（营养物质的食物来源、饮食行为、食品安全知识、胎儿发育所需的微量营养素以及能量需求和体重增加），以及根据经过验证和现有的衡量标准完成多维在线调查的孕妇的人口统计学特征。
共获得 410 份回复。大约一半的受访者（47%）拥有大学学位，42%的女性是第一次怀孕，71%的女性有计划怀孕。在不同的营养知识领域中，对可以最大程度减少孕期恶心/呕吐、胃灼热和便秘影响的行为的了解程度最高（63.9%），对孕期碘和欧米伽-3 脂肪酸重要性的了解程度最低（28.4%）。大多数女性了解孕期食品安全实践（72.9%），但对李斯特菌污染（45.9%）和孕期最安全选择的鱼类类型（47.8%）的了解程度不足。
尽管孕妇在不同的营养相关领域都有足够的知识水平，但对可能对母亲和/或婴儿产生不利影响的关键营养素和行为的认识不足。因此，需要关注特定的孕产妇营养方面，如富含铁的食物、李斯特菌污染食物和有助于胎儿大脑和视网膜发育的营养素。
