Nutrition in pregnancy--a health education problem

McKnight, A.; Merrett, D.; McKnight, A; Merrett, D

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Nutrition in pregnancy--a health education problem

McKnight, A.; Merrett, D.

Practitioner 231(1427): 530-538

1987

ISSN/ISBN: 0032-6518

PMID: 3684940

Document Number: 303752

A survey of eating habits among pregnant women in Belfast, UK, showed that 38.7% of women had an unbalanced diet. Such women were more likely to be from the lower social classes, have a lower standard of education, smoke, live in poor housing conditions and eat 'fish and chips' frequently. Few women were given advice about nutrition by any health professionals early in pregnancy.