Food Intake of Pregnant Adolescent Women

Nutrient intake and iron status of urban poor and rural poor without access to rice fields are affected by the emerging economic crisis: the case of pregnant Indonesian women

“…Calcium intake in the present Indonesian study was lower than in pregnant women in other developing countries (Huddle et al, 1998;Prentice et al, 1993;Rad et al, 1998;Hunt et al, 1987;Vitolo et al, 1997). Iron intake was similar to that observed in the Malawian study , but lower than in the South Indian study (Sundararaj & Pereira, 1973).…”

“…Protein intake among the pregnant Indonesian women in the present study was similar to that reported in pregnant Southern Malawian women (Huddle et al, 1998) and in a previous study of pregnant women in East Java, Indonesia (Kardjati et al, 1994). The mean consumption of carbohydrates 'before crisis' among the pregnant Indonesian women in the present study was higher than that for pregnant women in developing countries such as Mexico (Hunt et al, 1987), Malawi (Huddle et al, 1998) and Brazil (Vitolo et al, 1997).…”