Extent of weightgain, fact diet and energy consumption among pregnant women

ABSTRACT

The monitoring of weight and direct interview of 159 pregnant women from 8 weeks to 9 months of pregnancy in 6 communes of Melinh district, Vinh phuc Province has shown that the average weight gain of pregnant woman was 7,4 kg which only obtain 74% of required weight. The quality and quantity of the diet did meet the demand, the diet’s energy was low(first trimester of pregnancy 1488 kcal, rest 6 months of pregnancy 2086 kcal which obtained 82% of energy demand).The nutrition in the diet was low.