Dietary guidelines for pregnant women

Ortega, Rosa M.

doi:10.1079/phn2001215

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“…According to our findings, a nonnegligible proportion of women in our study population did not achieve the minimum daily recommended intake of vegetable, ;200 g/d (31), and this was associated with less favorable birth outcomes in our study. It would be desirable, from a public health point of view, to reinforce preconceptional as well as prenatal nutritional counseling, in the context of healthier habits, to encourage pregnant women to eat adequate daily amounts of vegetables (apart from potatoes) in accordance with current recommendations.…”

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Vegetable but Not Fruit Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Newborn Anthropometric Measures

Ramón

Ballester

Íñiguez

et al. 2009

The Journal of Nutrition

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We examined the relationship between consumption of fruit and vegetables during pregnancy and anthropometric measures at birth in a general population mother-infant cohort in Valencia, Spain. A total of 787 infants born between May 2004 and February 2006 were included. Fruit and vegetable consumption during pregnancy was assessed by a FFQ administered using an in-person interview. We used multiple linear regression to assess associations between fruit and vegetable intake (in quintiles) and birth weight and length adjusted for sex and gestational age, and logistic regression to assess being small for gestational age (SGA) in weight and SGA in length, defined as adjusted birth weight or length below the 10th percentile. A linear relationship was found between vegetable consumption and having a SGA (weight) and SGA (length) baby. Women in the lowest quintile of vegetable intake during the first trimester had a higher odds of having a SGA (weight) baby than women in the highest quintile [odds ratio (OR), 3.7; 95% CI: 1.5-8.9; P-trend < 0.001] and had a higher odds of having an SGA (length) baby in the third trimester (OR, 5.5; 95% CI: 1.7-17.7; P-trend = 0.04) in multivariate analysis. We found a nonmonotonic relationship between adjusted birth weight and length and vegetable consumption during the first trimester; newborns in the 2 lowest quintiles of intake had a significantly lower weight and length than those in the 4th quintile. There was no association between fruit consumption and birth outcomes. Our findings indicate that vegetable consumption throughout pregnancy may have a beneficial effect on fetal growth.

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Vegetable but Not Fruit Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Newborn Anthropometric Measures

Ramón

Ballester

Íñiguez

et al. 2009

The Journal of Nutrition

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“…Other food items that were assessed but not listed in the table are mutton, pork trotters, organ meats, nuts, fruit, rice, bread, oil, herbal tea, tea, coffee and wine/alcohol; for percentages of other columns ('same as before' and 'do not usually eat'), please refer to Supplementary Table 2. in the study could be due to modern dietary advice that promotes milk products as good sources of Ca and other nutrients (15) . Insufficient Ca intake during pregnancy may lead to lower Ca content in the fetus' skeleton (15) . Tea and coffee intakes were decreased in all three ethnic groups, likely as a consequence of the reported negative effects of caffeine on pregnancy outcomes (17,18) .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Not only is higher energy intake recommended during the second half of the pregnancy, a higher increment in intakes of various nutrients including protein, Ca, folate, vitamin C and vitamin D is recommended during pregnancy (15) . Increasing the consumption of nutrient-dense fruit and vegetables and lowering the intake of foods with low nutrient density are thus advised during pregnancy (15) . It is possible that participants might have increased their fruit and vegetables intakes due to modern medical and nutritional advice which usually promotes fruit and vegetables consumption during pregnancy (16) .…”

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Dietary changes during pregnancy and the postpartum period in Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Indian women: the GUSTO birth cohort study

Chen

Low

Fok

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To examine changes in food consumption during pregnancy and the postpartum period in women of major Asian ethnic groups. Design: Using interviewer-administered questionnaires, we assessed changes in food consumption during pregnancy (26-28 weeks' gestation) and the postpartum period (3 weeks after delivery) as compared with the usual pre-pregnancy diet. Setting: Singapore. Subjects: Pregnant women (n 1027) of Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicity (mean age 30?4 (SD 5?2) years) who participated in the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study. Results: During pregnancy, participants tended to increase their consumption of milk, fruit and vegetables and decrease their consumption of tea, coffee, soft drinks and seafood (all P , 0?001). Most participants reported adherence to traditional restrictions ('confinement') during the early postpartum period (Chinese: 94?8 %, Malay: 91?6 %, Indian: 79?6 %). During the postpartum period, participants tended to increase their consumption of fish and milk-based drinks and decrease their consumption of noodles, seafood, and chocolates and sweets (all P , 0?001). Ethnic differences in food consumption were pronounced during the postpartum period. For example, most Chinese participants (87?2 %) increased their ginger consumption during the postpartum period as compared with smaller percentages of Malays (31?8 %) and Indians (40?8 %; P for ethnic difference ,0?001). Similar ethnic differences were observed for cooking wine/alcohol, herbs and spices, and herbal tea consumption. Conclusions: Marked changes in food consumption that reflect both modern dietary recommendations and the persistence of traditional beliefs were observed in Singaporean women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Traditional beliefs should be considered in interventions to improve dietary intakes during these periods.

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“…In other hand, Jacobs, Andersen, and Blomhoff (2007) reported that whole-grain consumption is associated with a reduced risk of noncardiovascular, noncancer death attributed to inflammatory diseases in the Iowa women's health study. Ortega (2001) indicated that the nutrition of pregnant women is decisive in the course of gestation and the health of both mother and child, and recommended 7-8 portions of cereals and legumes per day.…”

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confidence: 99%