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- Title
Trimester-Specific Dietary Intakes in a Sample of French-Canadian Pregnant Women in Comparison with National Nutritional Guidelines.
- Authors
Savard, Claudia; Robitaille, Julie; Morisset, Anne-Sophie; Lemieux, Simone; Gagnon, Claudia; Weisnagel, S. John; Fontaine-Bisson, Bénédicte
- Abstract
Diet during pregnancy greatly impacts health outcomes. This study aims to measure changes in dietary intakes throughout trimesters and to assess pregnant women’s dietary intakes in comparison with current Canadian nutritional recommendations. Seventy-nine pregnant women were recruited and completed, within each trimester, three Web-based 24-h dietary recalls and one Web questionnaire on supplement use. Dietary intakes from food, with and without supplements, were compared to nutritional recommendations throughout pregnancy. Energy and macronutrient intakes remained stable throughout pregnancy. A majority of women exceeded their energy and protein requirements in the first trimester, and fat intakes as a percentage of energy intakes were above recommendations for more than half of the women in all trimesters. Supplement use increased dietary intakes of most vitamins and minerals, but 20% of women still had inadequate total vitamin D intakes and most women had excessive folic acid intakes. This study showed that pregnant women did not increase their energy intakes throughout pregnancy as recommended. Furthermore, although prenatal supplementation reduces the risk of inadequate intake for most micronutrients, there is still a risk of excessive folic acid and insufficient vitamin D intake, which needs further investigation.
- Subjects
CANADA; VITAMINS; FOOD consumption; DURATION of pregnancy; FRENCH-Canadians; FIRST trimester of pregnancy; FOOD diaries; NUTRITIONAL requirements; PREGNANT women; DIETARY supplements; PROTEIN deficiency; QUESTIONNAIRES; MALNUTRITION; MINERALS; VITAMIN D deficiency; FOLIC acid; NUTRITION policy; DIETARY fats; PREGNANCY; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 6, p768
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu10060768