Nutritional information, nutrition, and effects of pregnant women on the newborn

In this study, it was aimed to determine the nutritional information and nutritional habits of pregnant women by monitoring their food consumption patterns during pregnancy with a questionnaire and to observe the effect of this diet on newborns. It was conducted on 100 participating pregnant women and their babies. Data were collected with a questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of sections about general information about pregnant women, general health status, nutritional information, and nutritional habits. Height and body weight measurements were taken as anthropometric measurements in women. SPSS program was used to evaluate the data. Tables showing the absolute and % values of the questions were prepared and the necessary arithmetic mean values were taken. It was found that 70 % of women were housewives, 35 % were secondary school graduates, their first marriage age was 22,82±3,86 and their first gestational age was 24,08±4,45. In addition, BMI before pregnancy was 25,23 ± 4,43, BMI during pregnancy was 28,7±4,46, and when skip meals were examined, it was determined that 76 % skipped meals and the most common meal skipped was lunch with 16 %. In this study, it was observed that the nutritional knowledge level during pregnancy is not sufficient. Pregnant women should be followed up and informed regularly by informed dieticians and health care personnel about pregnancy nutrition.