Assessing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in early pregnancy using a substance abuse framework.

ABSTRACT: Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are previously reported to jeopardize maternal fetal health, most well-known for gestational diabetes, childhood obesity, and cognitive impairment. Although warnings and diet recommendations urge pregnant women to consume less SSB, there is no noticeable difference in their behavior. How and why reproductive women change their SSB consumption patterns were not investigated previously. Our study aims to investigate beverage consumption patterns and how these patterns change in pregnancy in the context of substance use disorder (SUD). We invited all pregnant women visiting the clinic to answer a structured 20-min questionnaire every trimester during the regular antennal visit. At the end of the study, 337 pregnant women aged over 20 participated. A total of 30

SUBMITTER: Ker CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624895 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature