A B S T R A C T
Reduction of infant and maternal mortality is a part of
the WHO/UNICEF goals set in 1991 to be achieved by the
year 2000. Maternal and infant mortality can be reduced
by ensuring favourable outcome of pregnancy.
This study sought to assess the effects of nutrition and
health habits of pregnant women on pregnancy outcome.
A total of 502 pregnant women attending ante-natal
clinics in the Greater Accra region participated in an
epidemiological study, which involved a study of food
habits, pica practice, alcohol intake, parity,
preference for infant size at birth, ante-natal care,
oedema and nausea during pregnancy. A sub-sample of 128
pregnant women participated in a longitudinal study
which assessed maternal nutrient intake, height, weight
gain and nutrient supplementation during pregnancy,
infant birth-weight and maternal haemoglobin levels.
Results showed that women who experienced nausea during
pregnancy had infants of lower birth-weights. Oedema was
present in about 40% of the women and this correlated
with higher birth-weights.
Mothers who have had three or four previous pregnancies
had infants of higher birth-weights than nulliparous
KWAME, F (2021). Nutritional Habits Of Pregnant Ghanaian Women And Effects On Pregnancy Outcome. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/nutritional-habits-of-pregnant-ghanaian-women-and-effects-on-pregnancy-outcome
KWAME, FRANCIS "Nutritional Habits Of Pregnant Ghanaian Women And Effects On Pregnancy Outcome" Afribary. Afribary, 09 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/nutritional-habits-of-pregnant-ghanaian-women-and-effects-on-pregnancy-outcome. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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KWAME, FRANCIS . "Nutritional Habits Of Pregnant Ghanaian Women And Effects On Pregnancy Outcome" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 18, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/nutritional-habits-of-pregnant-ghanaian-women-and-effects-on-pregnancy-outcome