Dietary Intake and Lifestyle Characteristics among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Gausia Bangladesh
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ijphpp.v1i1.8933Keywords:
Antenatal Care, Bangladesh, Dietary Intake, Food Frequency, Gestational Diabetes MellitusAbstract
Gestational diabetes mellitus needs to be taken care of maternal diet, exercise, and quality of antenatal examination. This research paper reported the consumption rates of food, chosen lifestyle factors and gestational diabetes-related status of pregnant women in DKMC Hospital, Gausia, Bangladesh. The survey was a cross-sectional survey, involving a hospital, and was conducted between October 2022 and June 2023. Convenience sampling involved 368 women who had 24 or more gestation weeks. Data was gathered by using face-to-face interviews, a semistructured questionnaire, antenatal records and physical measurements. Descriptively summarized available aggregate results. Mean age was 25.65 years (SD = 4.97). 89.9% of participants had rice two or three times per day. Reported 76.1% daily egg consumption and 54.1% fish two or three times a week. The percentage that ate general vegetables was 73.1% and ate two or three times a day, whereas leafy vegetable was normally eaten twice or thrice a week. 55.4% had soft drinks weekly. The proportion of gestational diabetes reported was 38.2% but could not be independently verified due to diagnostic denominators and inconsistencies within the charts. The underweight gain was less than 7 kg and these values were considered underweight gain and inadequate gestation period and baseline body mass index. The results reveal priorities of culturally appropriate dietary assessment and enhanced antenatal documentation. They do not create a correlation between the individual food, activity, weight gain and the gestational diabetes. Future studies with standardized diagnostic tests and dietary information on the individual level are needed.
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