Association between food intake and obesity in pregnant women living with and without HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although global nutrition/dietary transition resulting from industrialisation and urbanisation has been identified as a major contributor to widespread trends of obesity, there is limited data in pregnant women, including those living with HIV in South Africa. We examined food-based dietary intake in pregnant women with and without HIV at first antenatal care (ANC) visit, and associations with maternal overweight/obesity and gestational weight gain (GWG).

Methods

In an urban South African community, consecutive women living with (n = 479) and without (n = 510) HIV were enrolled and prospectively followed to delivery. Interviewer-administered non-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to assess dietary intake (starch, protein, dairy, fruits, vegetables,

SUBMITTER: Madlala HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335890 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature