Prenatal Care and Nutrition

With respect to the foregoing, the data most informative of nutritional status is infant birth weight, body mass index, mothers' hemoglobin levels and gestational age. By examining percentages of the sample falling into the unacceptable level (low nutrition status) categories of each of these factors, it is possible to roughly estimate that percentage of the sample whose nutritional status can be considered to be poor; it is this percentage that can be said to be at-risk for low birth-weight infants and therefore for infant mortality.

In this regard, data revealed low hemoglobin levels for 42 percent of the sample, low infant birth-weight for only 4 percent of the sample, poor body mass index for 30 percent of females, and shortened gestation periods for about 12 percent of females. Averaging these percentages across all four indicators, it can be said that, overall, about 22 percent of sample females had at least one sign of poor nutritional status. In other words, a little under one-fourth of

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s in this regard are listed below: CATEGORY Incorrect % Physiologic Needs I should eat whatever I'm craving; my body must need it.38 It doesn't matter what I eat because the baby will take what it needs from my body.38 The baby gets what he or she needs first, the rest goes to the mothers30 You should stop eating salt and salty foods while you are pregnant20 Overall Incorrect = 31.5% Practices Related To Healthy Babies If I take prenatal vitamins, I don't have to worry about what I eat18 Gaining lots of weight makes a healthy baby32 You can double portions because you are eating for two20 You must take vitamins to have a healthy baby42 If you take too many vitamins you will have a very large baby50 Don't gain more than 20 pounds49 Overall Incorrect = 35.17% Beverage Recommendations Drink more milk when pregnant14 Drink plenty of water40 Overall Incorrect = 27.00% Cravings Food cravings during pregnancy will determine a child's likes and dislikes in later life06 Give in to your cravings or you will make your baby48 Overall Incorrect = 27.00% Folklore Do not eat fish and milk at the same meal46 If the pregnant wom
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