Nutritional status, morbidity and weight increase level of pregnant women in VinhBao district, HaiPhong city the year 2001
- Author:
Nguyen Do Huy
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutritional, weight increase, morbidity, pregnant women
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status;
Morbidity;
Body Weight;
Pregnant Women
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;481(6):78-80
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In Vinh Bao district, Hai Phong city in the year 2001, 825 female subjects aged 18-35 years old with first pregnancy or one child, without abortion or immature delivery, were divided into 2 groups according to BMI (For CED group: BMI < 18.5 and normal group: BMI 18.5). The prevalence of chronical energy deficit (CED) before pregnancy was 29%, among them, 1st grade CED 21.2%, 2nd grade 6.3%, 3rd grade 1.5%. The prevalence of common diseases (cough, fever, headache, diarrhoea…) in CED - 40.2%, higher than normal group - 26.3%. In general, for both two groups, morbidity reduced progressively in the course of pregnancy: the prevalence was 18.6% in the first trimestre, 8.8% in the second trimestre and 8.4% in the terminal 3rd trimestre. Considering body weight, in the first trimestre the weight gained by 0.48kg (CED group: 1.19lg, normal group 0.19kg), in 2nd trimestre, the weight gained 2.46kg (CED group 2.91kg, normal group 2.28kg), in the last 3rd trimestre 4.08kg (CED group 4.28kg, normal group 4.0kg).