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The Nutritional Behaviour of Pregnant Women in Poland

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  • Katarzyna Ługowska

    (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce PL-08-110, Poland)

  • Wojciech Kolanowski

    (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce PL-08-110, Poland)

Abstract

A woman’s diet during pregnancy can significantly affect her health, as well as her child’s future development and well-being. Unfortunately, many pregnant women do not follow the recommended nutritional guidelines. The reason could be that they have insufficient knowledge about nutritional best practice. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate the nutritional behaviour of pregnant women in Poland. The research was conducted using a questionnaire to survey a sample of N = 815 pregnant women in first pregnancy. Among the findings were that the subjects ate an excessive amount of sweets, and white bread, and consumed insufficient quantities of fish, milk and fermented milk drinks. Subjects chose white bread more often than wholemeal bread, and fruit rather than vegetables. The study showed that the nutritional behaviour of pregnant women was characterised by many bad practices.

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  • Katarzyna Ługowska & Wojciech Kolanowski, 2019. "The Nutritional Behaviour of Pregnant Women in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:22:p:4357-:d:284834
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    Cited by:

    1. Maria Szubert & Malwina Ilowiecka & Jacek Wilczynski & Przemyslaw Bilinski & Cezary Wojtyla, 2020. "Health-Related Behaviors of Pregnant Women Residing in Urban and Rural Areas in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-12, June.
    2. Li-Tung Huang, 2020. "Maternal and Early-Life Nutrition and Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-4, October.
    3. Jolanta Lis-Kuberka & Magdalena Orczyk-Pawiłowicz, 2021. "Polish Women Have Moderate Knowledge of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Breastfeeding Benefits," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-25, October.

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