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Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women
There are numerous dietary recommendations during pregnancy. However, there are limited recommendations during the lactation period, a nutritionally vulnerable period for women. The Mediterranean Diet and adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid (HFP) is considered as the standard for healthy eating. I...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34371882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072372 |
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author | Gila-Díaz, Andrea Witte Castro, Ariadna Herranz Carrillo, Gloria Singh, Pratibha Yakah, William Arribas, Silvia M. Ramiro-Cortijo, David |
author_facet | Gila-Díaz, Andrea Witte Castro, Ariadna Herranz Carrillo, Gloria Singh, Pratibha Yakah, William Arribas, Silvia M. Ramiro-Cortijo, David |
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description | There are numerous dietary recommendations during pregnancy. However, there are limited recommendations during the lactation period, a nutritionally vulnerable period for women. The Mediterranean Diet and adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid (HFP) is considered as the standard for healthy eating. In this study, we investigated the differences in adherence to the HFP in pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant/non-lactating (NPNL) women concerning sociodemographic factors. A sociodemographic and nutritional and lifestyle questionnaire (AP-Q) were used to assess adherence to the HFP, including lifestyle. The AP-Q score ranges from 0 to 10 meaning the higher the score, the greater the adherence to the HFP. Lactating women had the lowest AP-Q score (6.13 [5.31; 6.82]) compared to the pregnant (6.39 [5.56; 7.05]) and NPNL women (6.27 [5.43; 6.88]), while pregnant women had the highest scores. Maternal age was positively correlated with AP-Q score in pregnant (rho = 0.22; p-Value < 0.001) and lactating women (rho = 0.18; p-Value < 0.001), but not in NPNL women. Educational level and monthly income had a positive influence on the degree of adherence to the HFP. In conclusion, breastfeeding mothers of young age and low socioeconomic and educational level would be the target population to carry out nutritional interventions that improve their adherence to the HFP. The knowledge gained from this study can help to design recommendation guidelines and nutritional educational interventions for a given population. |
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spelling | pubmed-83087712021-07-25 Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women Gila-Díaz, Andrea Witte Castro, Ariadna Herranz Carrillo, Gloria Singh, Pratibha Yakah, William Arribas, Silvia M. Ramiro-Cortijo, David Nutrients Article There are numerous dietary recommendations during pregnancy. However, there are limited recommendations during the lactation period, a nutritionally vulnerable period for women. The Mediterranean Diet and adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid (HFP) is considered as the standard for healthy eating. In this study, we investigated the differences in adherence to the HFP in pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant/non-lactating (NPNL) women concerning sociodemographic factors. A sociodemographic and nutritional and lifestyle questionnaire (AP-Q) were used to assess adherence to the HFP, including lifestyle. The AP-Q score ranges from 0 to 10 meaning the higher the score, the greater the adherence to the HFP. Lactating women had the lowest AP-Q score (6.13 [5.31; 6.82]) compared to the pregnant (6.39 [5.56; 7.05]) and NPNL women (6.27 [5.43; 6.88]), while pregnant women had the highest scores. Maternal age was positively correlated with AP-Q score in pregnant (rho = 0.22; p-Value < 0.001) and lactating women (rho = 0.18; p-Value < 0.001), but not in NPNL women. Educational level and monthly income had a positive influence on the degree of adherence to the HFP. In conclusion, breastfeeding mothers of young age and low socioeconomic and educational level would be the target population to carry out nutritional interventions that improve their adherence to the HFP. The knowledge gained from this study can help to design recommendation guidelines and nutritional educational interventions for a given population. MDPI 2021-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8308771/ /pubmed/34371882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072372 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gila-Díaz, Andrea Witte Castro, Ariadna Herranz Carrillo, Gloria Singh, Pratibha Yakah, William Arribas, Silvia M. Ramiro-Cortijo, David Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women |
title | Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women |
title_full | Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women |
title_fullStr | Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women |
title_short | Assessment of Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Pregnant and Lactating Women |
title_sort | assessment of adherence to the healthy food pyramid in pregnant and lactating women |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34371882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072372 |
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