UPDATED NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREGNANCY

Đỗ Thị Ngọc Diệp1,
1 Vietnam Nutrition Association

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Abstract

The importance of dietary habits during pregnancy for health of mothers and their offspring,
is widely supported by the most recent scientific literature. The consumption of
a varied and balanced diet from the preconception period is essential to ensure both maternal
well-being and pregnancy outcomes. The requirement for energy, protein, lipid,
and carbohydrate all increases and varies by gestational age, prenatal nutritional status and weight gain rate. DHA, vitamins, mineral, and fiber requirement is increasing in pregnant women. However, the risk of inadequate intakes of specific micronutrients in pregnancy is common in most countries. This particularly applies to docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), iron, iodine, calcium, folic acid, and vitamin D. Moreover, the risk of not reaching the adequate nutrient supply increases for vulnerable groups of women of
childbearing age, such as those following exclusion diets, underweight or overweight/ obese, smokers, adolescents, mothers who have had multiple births or close birth intervals.

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