Maternal diet quality and nutrient intake in the gestational period: results from the delta healthy sprouts comparative impact trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A woman's diet while pregnant can play an important role in her reproductive health as well as the health of her unborn child. Diet quality and nutrient intake amongst pregnant women residing in the rural Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) region of the United States is inadequate. The Delta Healthy Sprouts Project was designed to test the comparative impact of two home visiting programs on weight status, dietary intake, and health behaviors of women and their infants residing in the LMD region. This paper reports results pertaining to maternal diet quality and nutrient intake in the gestational period.

Methods

The experimental arm (PATE) received monthly home visits beginning in the second trimester using the Parents as Teachers curriculum enhanced with a nutrition an

SUBMITTER: Tussing-Humphreys LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988030 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature