Trial reportPublic health nutrition2017
Eating down or simply eating less? The diet and health implications of these practices during pregnancy and postpartum in rural Bangladesh.
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- Maternal Dietary Patterns and Pregnancy Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- Acceptability and Utilization of Three Nutritional Supplements during Pregnancy: Findings from a Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study in Niger.Nutrients · 2018Trial
- A formative study of the sociocultural influences on dietary behaviours during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Acceptability of a balanced energy protein (BEP) supplement for pregnant women in Bangladesh.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Diets of Men and Women in Rural Bangladesh Are Equitable but Suboptimal.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
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- Assessment of nutrient adequacy and associated factors among lactating women of rural Bangladesh using observed intake: Findings from Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey 2018-2019.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Do changes in women's household status in Nepal improve access to food and nutrition?Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
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- What stops us from eating: a qualitative investigation of dietary barriers during pregnancy in Punjab, Pakistan.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Predictors of Major Dietary Patterns Among Pregnant Women Attending Public Health Facilities in Eastern Ethiopia: A New Epidemiological Approach.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Traditional prenatal and postpartum food restrictions among women in northern Lao PDR.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Effects of nutritional interventions during pregnancy on birth, child health and development outcomes: A systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Assessing statistical similarity in dietary intakes of women of reproductive age in Bangladesh.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Infantile thiamine deficiency in South and Southeast Asia: An age-old problem needing new solutions.Nutrition bulletin · 2021Review
- Status and determinants of intra-household food allocation in rural Nepal.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Article
- Determinants of dietary practices during pregnancy: A longitudinal qualitative study in Niger.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Article
- 'Because the baby asks for it': a mixed-methods study on local perceptions toward nutrition during pregnancy among marginalised migrant women along the Myanmar-Thailand border.Global health action · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo: (i) determine the prevalence of self-reported eating less and eating down during early and late pregnancy and postpartum, and explore risk factors associated with eating less; (ii) examine the association between eating less and diet quality; and (iii) determine the association between eating less and weight gain during pregnancy.
designData were collected longitudinally from a cohort of women participating in a community health programme. Diet was assessed at three time points (≤20 weeks' gestation, 36 weeks' gestation, 6 months' postpartum), body weight was measured during study enrolment (≤20 weeks' gestation) and at 36 weeks' gestation, and information about the woman and her household was collected at enrolment.
settingThe Rang-Din Nutrition Study in the Rangpur and Dinajpur districts of Bangladesh. SUBJECTS: Women (n 4011).
resultsThe prevalence of self-reported eating less differed by time point (75·9 % in early pregnancy, 38·8 % in late pregnancy, 7·4 % postpartum; P<0·001). The most common reason for eating less across all time periods was food aversion or loss of appetite. Women who reported eating less in late pregnancy had consumed animal-source foods less frequently in the preceding week than women who reported eating more (mean (sd): 11·7 (7·4) v. 14·8 (9·2) times/week; P<0·001) and had lower weekly weight gain than women who reported eating more (mean (se): 0·27 (0·004) v. 0·33 (0·004) kg/week; P<0·001).
conclusionsEating less has negative implications with respect to diet quality and pregnancy weight gain in this context.
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