Changes in beverage consumption from pre-pregnancy to early pregnancy in the Norwegian Fit for Delivery study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe changes in consumption of different types of beverages from pre-pregnancy to early pregnancy, and to examine associations with maternal age, educational level and BMI.

Design

Cross-sectional design. Participants answered an FFQ at inclusion into a randomized controlled trial, the Fit for Delivery (FFD) trial, in median gestational week 15 (range: 9-20), reporting current consumption and in retrospect how often they drank the different beverages pre-pregnancy.

Setting

Eight local antenatal clinics in southern Norway from September 2009 to February 2013.

Subjects

Five hundred and seventy-five healthy pregnant nulliparous women.

Results

Pre-pregnancy, 27 % reported drinking alcohol at least once weekly, compared with none in early preg

SUBMITTER: Skreden M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271324 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature