SynthesisMaternal and child health journal2014
Nutrition advice during pregnancy: do women receive it and can health professionals provide it?
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dietary Interventions for Healthy Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review of Tools to Promote a Healthy Antenatal Dietary Intake.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Delivering Opportunistic Behavior Change Interventions: a Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2020Pooled it
- The effect of facility-based nutrition education and counseling on dietary intake and supplemental iron folic acid use among pregnant women: a cluster randomised controlled trial.Public health nutrition · 2025Trial
- Provider advice, pregnant persons' expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- Nutrition Literacy Among Latina/x People During Pregnancy Is Associated With Socioeconomic Position.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Trial
- Targeting the perinatal diet to modulate the gut microbiota increases dietary variety and prebiotic and probiotic food intakes: results from a randomised controlled trial.Public health nutrition · 2021Trial
- Be Healthy in Pregnancy: Exploring factors that impact pregnant women's nutrition and exercise behaviours.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Trial
- Association Between Maternal Protein Intake and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.Nutrients · 2026Article
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- Scoping Review of Obesity-Related Nutrition Educational Interventions for Medical Students, Residents and Fellows - a Handful of Paradoxes?Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Relationship between nutrition knowledge level, body perception and emotional eating among pregnant and lactating women: a cross-sectional study of 200 Turkish women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Current Status of Nutritional Guidance for Pregnant Women in Japan: A National Survey.JMA journal · 2026Article
- The Need for Culturally Responsive Nutritional Counselling for Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- DASH Diet and Preeclampsia Prevention: A Literature Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Enhancing perinatal health patient information through ChatGPT - An accuracy study.PEC innovation · 2025Article
- Providers' Practices and Associated Factors in Educating Pregnant Women on the Prevention of Maternal Anemia During Antenatal Care Visits in Ujiji Municipality, Kigoma Region, Tanzania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pregnant Women's Experiences With a Collaborative Midwife-Dietitian Empowerment Programme to Improve Diet Quality.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Inadequate iodine status among women of childbearing age in Northern Norway: a cross-sectional study.Food & nutrition research · 2025Article
- Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge of Pregnant Women: The Importance of Nutrition Education.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Family Planning and Preconception Care Service Management: The Key Role of Bulgarian GPs.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
A healthy diet during pregnancy is essential for normal growth and development of the foetus. Pregnant women may obtain nutrition information from a number of sources but evidence regarding the adequacy and extent of this information is sparse. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify sources of nutrition information accessed by pregnant women, their perceived needs for nutrition education, the perceptions of healthcare providers about nutrition education in pregnancy, and to assess the effectiveness of public health programs that aim to improve nutritional practices. The Scopus data base was searched during January, 2013 and in February 2014 to access both qualitative and quantitative studies published between 2002 and 2014 which focused on healthy pregnant women and their healthcare providers in developed countries. Articles were excluded if they focused on the needs of women with medical conditions, including obesity, gestational diabetes or malnutrition. Of 506 articles identified by the search terms, 25 articles were deemed to be eligible for inclusion. Generally, women were not receiving adequate nutrition education during pregnancy. Although healthcare practitioners perceived nutrition education to be important, barriers to providing education to clients included lack of time, lack of resources and lack of relevant training. Further well designed studies are needed to identify the most effective nutrition education strategies to improve nutrition knowledge and dietary behaviours for women during antenatal care.
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