Nutrition in pregnancy – impact on anaemia in pregnant women

Abstract

Aim: Most pregnant women can achieve their caloric and nutritional needs by careful food choices during pregnancy, but there are fairly common situations when pregnant women develop anaemia, which needs to be managed properly to avoid maternal-foetal complications. The main objective of the study was to identify the nutritional factors favoring the occurrence of iron deficiency anaemia in pregnant women.

Keywords

• nutritional factors
• pre-pregnancy bmi
• iron deficiency anaemia
• iron supplementation