2012
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692012000300006
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Nutritional status and weight gain in pregnant women

Abstract: Original ArticleThis study described the nutritional status of 228 pregnant women and the influence of this on birth weight. This is a retrospective study, developed in a health center in the municipality of São Paulo, with data obtained from medical records. Linear regression analysis was carried out. An association was verified between the initial and final nutritional status (p<0.001). The mean of total weight gain in the pregnant women who began the pregnancy underweight was higher compared those who start… Show more

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“…Other studies reveal that pregnant women maintained the classification of nutritional status, i.e., those who started the pregnancy underweight did not reach the adequate weight range, in the same way, the women who started overweight/obese maintained this nutritional status. ( 6 15 ) Other factors responsible for this severe downslide may be poor dietary habits and others factors like social taboos and poor intake of iron rich foods along with Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) tablets. Vitamin C helps the body to absorb iron.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other studies reveal that pregnant women maintained the classification of nutritional status, i.e., those who started the pregnancy underweight did not reach the adequate weight range, in the same way, the women who started overweight/obese maintained this nutritional status. ( 6 15 ) Other factors responsible for this severe downslide may be poor dietary habits and others factors like social taboos and poor intake of iron rich foods along with Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) tablets. Vitamin C helps the body to absorb iron.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among the interventions found in the literature for preventing premature births and low birth weight, prenatal care quality is highlighted, with monitoring of maternal weight and correction of potential failures in weight gain, in addition to combat smoking and tracking infections of urinary tract during the prenatal (10,24,25) . In addition to these measures, rates of prematurity can be reduced with better access to family planning, especially for adolescents, increased empowerment, as well as improving care before and during pregnancy (1) .…”
Section: Neonatal Mortality In Infants With Low Birth Weighmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Os serviços de saúde preocupam-se com a mortalidade e a morbidade das grávidas e a correlacionam a aspectos nutricionais. A política de pré-natal prevê o acompanhamento do peso,o controle e a orientação nutricional, em função de riscos identificados de exposição da mulher e do concepto a determinados problemas de saúde (13) .Assim sendo, os serviços, sob a orientação de políticas ministeriais de saúde, ao incorporar em suas práticas o discurso científico biomédico, continuamente afirmam a relação entre saúde, alimentação e comportamentos, estabelecida tanto técnica como socialmente.…”
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