Author, as appears in the article.: Jardí C; Aparicio E; Bedmar C; Aranda N; Abajo S; March G; Basora J; Arija V

Department: Medicina i Cirurgia Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

e-ISSN: 2072-6643

URV's Author/s: Aparicio Llopis, Estefania / Aranda Pons, Núria / Arija Val, Maria Victoria / Basora Gallisa, Josep / Bedmar Carretero, Cristina

Keywords: Women Survival Quality Pregnancy Preconception Post-partum Patterns Overweight Obesity Nutritional-status Mediterranean diet adherence Mediterranean diet Maternal factors Lactation Food consumption Determinants post-partum mediterranean diet maternal factors lactation food consumption

Abstract: © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Inadequate maternal diet can adversely affect mother and child. Our aim was to assess adherence to the Spanish dietary guidelines and to the Mediterranean diet, to analyze changes in diet during pregnancy and post-partum, and to identify maternal factors associated with food consumption. A total of 793 healthy pregnant women were recruited during the first prenatal visit and followed until the post-partum period. Data from the clinical history, anthropometric measurements, and lifestyle habits were collected. Food consumption was evaluated using a food frequency questionnaire. The results show that in pregnant women the consumption of healthy foods did not meet recommendations, whereas consumption of red and processed meat and sweet food exceeded recommendations. The results also show a medium adherence to the Mediterranean diet that remained unchanged throughout pregnancy. A significant decrease was observed in the consumption of fruits, followed by vegetables and then salted and sweet cereals from pregnancy to post-partum. A better adherence to the Mediterranean diet has been reported by pregnant women that are older, of higher social class, and higher education level, and who do not smoke nor drink (p < 0.005). In conclusion, the diet of pregnant women from Spain departs from recommendations, medium adherence to the Mediterranean diet was maintained throughout the pregnancy and post-partum, and a decreasing consumption of healthy food from the first trimester to the post-partum period was observed. Maternal factors such as age, social class, education, and smoking influence diet quality.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Food science Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 20726643

Author's mail: estefania.aparicio@urv.cat cristina.bedmar@urv.cat josep.basora@urv.cat nuria.aranda@urv.cat victoria.arija@urv.cat josep.basora@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-0542-0015 0000-0001-9708-747X 0000-0002-1758-0975

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Journal volume: 11

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/10/2447

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Nutrients. 11 (10):

APA: Jardí C; Aparicio E; Bedmar C; Aranda N; Abajo S; March G; Basora J; Arija V (2019). Food consumption during pregnancy and post-partum. ECLIPSES study. Nutrients, 11(10), -. DOI: 10.3390/nu11102447

Article's DOI: 10.3390/nu11102447

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2019

Publication Type: Journal Publications