Investigation of Nutritional Behaviors in the First and Second Trimesters in Pregnant Women Referring to Clinics in Hamadan, Iran, in 2013

• Published in: Global journal of health science 2016-09, Vol.8 (9), p.54473-54473
• Main Authors: Masoumi, Seyedeh Zahra, Parsa, Parisa, Kazemi, Farideh, Soltanian, Ali Reza, Dadvand, Gissoo, Habib, Shabnam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1916-9736; 1916-9744
• DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v8n9p261

Pregnancy is a particular period in women's life that is accompanied by an increase in nutritional needs. Having a normal pregnancy period and successful pregnancy outcomes depends on the intake of sufficient amount of food. The present study aimed to determine nutritional behaviors in pregnant women in the first and second trimesters referring to clinics in Hamadan, Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 170 women referred to health and treatment centers of Hamadan in 2013. Among Hamadan's health and treatment centers, 10 were selected as the research setting through cluster sampling. Then, the pregnant women at 8-24 weeks of gestation were randomly entered into the study. The data were collected using nutritional behaviors questionnaire in three months. Accordingly, mean scores below 50, between 50 and 75, and above 75 were considered as weak, moderate, and perfect nutritional behaviors, respectively. The data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical software, version 21 and P