Anemia and food insecurity: the nutritional struggles of pregnant women in Lebanon amid unprecedented crises.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women require specific dietary intake to optimize fetal development and support mother's health. The ongoing crises in Lebanon: the economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Beirut port explosion, limited the population's overall ability to consume a well-balanced diet, preventing adequate consumption of fresh, whole food and possibly disrupting people's eating habits, notably for pregnant women. Given the vulnerability of pregnant women to malnutrition and diseases during those times, research on the nutrition status and intake of pregnant women is urgently needed to inform targeted policies and programs. This study explores nutritional status (malnutrition and anemia), food insecurity, and diet quality, and associated factors in Lebanese adult pregnant w

SUBMITTER: Mahfouz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11959850 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature