Factors Influencing Plasma Ascorbic Acid Levels of Pregnant Women1

The reasons for food aversions given by selected low income, illiterate women during pregnancy fell into four categories: health, tradition, economy and religion. More than two thirds of these mothers strongly avoided milk, cowpea seeds and bournvita for fear of having big babies which they thought would lead to difficult labor and cesarean section. Only one of the respondents associated infantile rickets with nutrition. Nutritional counseling, coupled with a fear-mechanism technique for a minimum of four months, served to correct these erroneous assumptions. The effects of the counseling sessions were evaluated by monitoring patterns of maternal weight gain and the baby's weight. The experimental group had a significant pattern of monthly weight gain (P less than 0.02) and heavier babies (P less than 0.01) than the control group. The authors conclude that diet restrictions of this nature can be modified positively through regular nutritional counseling and, in extreme cases, by the use of a fear-mechanism technique.

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Diet restriction by pregnant women in Nigeria

Ojofeitimi

Elegbe

Babafemi

1982

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

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I. Amount, type, and sources of dietary advice and treatment Nutritional care in pregnancy: The patient’s view

Jj²

1979

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

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II. Perceptions, satisfaction, and response to dietary advice and treatment Nutritional care in pregnancy: The patient’s view

Jj²

1979

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

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Factors Influencing Plasma Ascorbic Acid Levels of Pregnant Women1

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Diet restriction by pregnant women in Nigeria

Diet restriction by pregnant women in Nigeria

I. Amount, type, and sources of dietary advice and treatment Nutritional care in pregnancy: The patient’s view

II. Perceptions, satisfaction, and response to dietary advice and treatment Nutritional care in pregnancy: The patient’s view

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