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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2022, Volume : 10, Issue : 1
First page : (8) Last page : (11)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8870

Healthy Balanced Diet during Pregnancy

Hemangi D. Mehta*
Associate Professor, Department of Prenatal care & Education
Children's University – Gandhinagar
*Corresponding Author E-mail: hemangidmehta@gmail.com
Received: 8.12.2021 | Revised: 24.01.2022 | Accepted: 7.02.2022 

 ABSTRACT

Eating a nutritious diet during pregnancy is linked to good brain development a healthy birth weight and can reduce the risk of many birth defects. A balanced diet will also reduce the risks of anemia, as well as other unpleasant pregnancy symptoms such as fatigue and morning sickness. For this, the pregnant women should have knowledge of healthy balanced diet during pregnancy, so that she can decide that which food provide enough nutrients for the mother and the baby during pregnancy. For this, a study was done on pregnant women coming to the Tapovan Centers affiliated to Children's University. In the study 53 participants from different centers of Gujarat state provided information through online questionnaire system. In that 98.11 % pregnant women were attentive towards healthy balanced diet and 01.89% respondents were inattentive towards healthy balanced diet.

Key words: Balanced diet, Pregnant women, Nutritional knowledge.

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Cite this article: Mehta, H. D. (2022). Healthy Balanced Diet during Pregnancy, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci.10(1), 8-11. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8870