Eating down or simply eating less? The diet and health implications of these practices during pregnancy and postpartum in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To: (i) determine the prevalence of self-reported eating less and eating down during early and late pregnancy and postpartum, and explore risk factors associated with eating less; (ii) examine the association between eating less and diet quality; and (iii) determine the association between eating less and weight gain during pregnancy.

Design

Data were collected longitudinally from a cohort of women participating in a community health programme. Diet was assessed at three time points (≤20 weeks' gestation, 36 weeks' gestation, 6 months' postpartum), body weight was measured during study enrolment (≤20 weeks' gestation) and at 36 weeks' gestation, and information about the woman and her household was collected at enrolment.

Setting

The Rang-Din Nutrition Study

SUBMITTER: Harding KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261490 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature