IGNOU DNHE-04 Project – Dietary Habits in Pregnant Women and Impact on Newborn Health

Pregnancy is often viewed as a time when women can give in to their food cravings and not worry about their weight. “Eat for two!” and “It’s for the baby!” are phrases that mothers to be often hear during pregnancy. This type of encouragement can lead women to think that they can pamper themselves by eating anything they want because their body, their baby or others are telling them to.

Objectives

• To access in knowledge level balanced diet during pregnancy among pregnant women/new mothers.
• To find out the Uses of traditional and modern nutrition.
• To evaluate the adoption of nutrition advice among pregnant women.
• To establish a correlation between adoption of diet plans among pregnant women and resulting impact on new born health.

Topic Covered

• Introduction
• Nutrition and Pregnancy
• Pre-natal Nutrition
• Smoking and Pregnancy
• Recommended Dietary Intake for Pregnant Women
• Methodology of the Study
• Analysis and Findings
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Annexure