Nutritional status of pregnant women is very crucial to the wellbeing of the unborn child.
Good dietary pattern among pregnant women reduces the rate of maternal and infant …

Background: Inadequate dietary intake during pregnancy is a primary proximate determinant
of poor maternal and child health. Maternal dietary practices related information is useful for …

Worldwide, factors influencing maternal dietary practices has been a major issue of concern
among pregnant women. This is because good dietary practices are important to the mother …

Background: Pregnancy is a physiological condition in which a woman carries and nurture a
developing embryo or fetus as the case may be according to the age in her uterus …

Pregnant mothers' and children's health has continued to be a public health problem of great
concern. Nutrition has been found as a vital key in the maintenance of pregnant mothers' …

Background: Food taboos among rural women have been identified as one of the factors
contributing to maternal undernutrition in pregnancy. Aim: The aim of this study was to …

Poor nutrition affects everyone negatively, mothers and children are particularly at risk due
to a combination of physiological and socioeconomic factors. This study was done to assess …

Poor maternal nutrition in pregnancy leads to increased morbidity and negative pregnancy
outcomes including low birth weight and peri-natal mortality. Pregnancy places extra …

Maternal nutrition status prior to conception is believed to affect embryonic and fetal growth
and pre-pregnancy weight is a common indicator of a woman's nutritional status …