Associations of Diet Quality, Socioeconomic Factors, and Nutritional Status with Gestational Weight Gain among Pregnant Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gestational weight gain (GWG) is a modifiable factor associated with maternal and child health outcomes, but the relationship between diet quality and GWG has not been evaluated using metrics validated for low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Objective

This study aimed to investigate relationships between diet quality, socioeconomic characteristics, and GWG adequacy using the novel Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS), the first diet quality indicator validated for use across LMIC.

Methods

Weights of pregnant women enrolled between 12 and 27 wk of gestation (N = 7577) were recorded in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 2001 to 2005 during a prenatal micronutrient supplementation trial. GWG adequacy was the ratio of measured GWG to Institute of Medi

SUBMITTER: Cliffer I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10111583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature