Nutrition in pregnancy is usually socio-culturally shaped which marked by different beliefs and
values. These beliefs and values yield taboos and myths that greatly shape their lifestyle. Therefore,
understanding the client‟s culture is an important issue in a culturally congruent nutritional assessment and
counseling. Aim of the study: to identify dietary knowledge, practices and adequacy among Bedouin
pregnant women. Research design: A descriptive research design. Setting: The out-patient clinic of MarsaMatrouh maternity hospital, Egypt. Subjects: A convenience sample of 320 pregnant women. Tools: Three
tools were utilized for data collection: Tool I: Pregnant women‟s basic data structured interview schedule
Tool II: Pregnant women‟s Dietary knowledge structured interview schedule and Tool III: Pregnant women‟s
dietary practices structured interview schedule. Results: Only 4.7% of the study subjects have good
knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy. As much as 81.6% of them had fair knowledge and only 13.8 %
had poor knowledge. Moreover, there is a statistically significant positive correlation between subject‟s level
of knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy and energy, protein, calcium and copper dietary
adequacy(0.034, 0.052, 0.026, and 0.037, respectively.)Conclusion: the majority of the study subjects had fair
level of knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy. Almost two-thirds of them had inadequate intake of
most nutrients according to recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for pregnamcy
TIMILEHIN SEYI, O., Mahmoud1, N & Ghaly, A (2021). Dietary Knowledge, Practices and Adequacy among Bedouin Pregnant Women. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/dietary-knowledge-practices-and-adequacy-among-bedouin-pregnant-women
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TIMILEHIN SEYI, OGUNSAKIN, Noha Mahmoud1 and Asmaa Ghaly . "Dietary Knowledge, Practices and Adequacy among Bedouin Pregnant Women" Afribary (2021). Accessed July 01, 2022. https://afribary.com/works/dietary-knowledge-practices-and-adequacy-among-bedouin-pregnant-women