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Healthy Behaviors During Pregnancy and Their Impact on Maternal and Infant Health. A Longitudinal Study.
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The current research, titled "Nutritional Awareness and Health Status of Pregnant Women as Influenced by Nutritional Education and Counselling," set out to accomplish several goals. Firstly, it aimed to determine how well-nourished and healthy a group of pregnant women were. Secondly, it sought to understand how well-versed and informed these women already were. Thirdly, it planned to implement a nutrition education program using specially designed materials. Lastly, it planned to compare the participants' nutritional awareness levels before and after the intervention. Dietary assessment, anthropometric measurement, and clinical assessment of symptoms and signs were used to evaluate the nutritional status of pregnant women. Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and primary health centres provided the data for the pretested survey schedule and 24-hour dietary recall method. From Liberian hospitals, 250 pregnant women were chosen for the study. Nursing homes, basic health facilities, and hospitals were all visited in person to interview the participants. The respondent's body mass index (BMI) was computed in addition to their anthropometric measurements, which included their height in centimetres and weight in kilogrammes. Before becoming pregnant, 70.8% of the 250 women surveyed had a normal body mass index. In the past month, respondents' average weight gain during the second trimester was 4.29 kg, while during the first trimester it was 0.93 kg. When compared to the recommended daily allowance (RDA), the average dietary intake of the participants was lower in protein, iron, calcium, and folic acid. With the exception of carbohydrates, all nutrients in moderate-weight women's second trimester intake fell significantly short of the recommended daily allowance. Of the 250 people who took the survey, 41.6% said they favoured the type C diet (the four-meal pattern). Of those that participated, 53.6% were vegetarian. Nearly two-thirds of people who took the survey did not exercise frequently. Among those who participated, 34.0% reported experiencing morning sickness. Of those who took the survey, 55.6% were anaemic and 44.4% had normal haemoglobin levels. Nutrition education has a notable effect on the respondents' nutritional awareness. There was a considerable improvement in the participants' nutritional knowledge following the session.
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SWEETIE M. LOMAX, GOPAL, SHIV SHANKAR TIWARI, & KRITIKA SAXENA (June-2025). Healthy Behaviors During Pregnancy and Their Impact on Maternal and Infant Health. A Longitudinal Study.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 10(6), 620-672. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRDTH00224.pdf
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Volume 10 Issue 6, June-2025
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Country: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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