JNSS 2018, 9(1-2):27-33 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2018.003

QUALITY OF DIET IN PREGNANT MOTHERS IN TWO DIFFERENT REGIONS

Jitka Pavlíková¹, David Brebera², Radim J. Šrám^1,*

¹ Institute of Experimental Medicine CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

² University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Introduction: The quality of diet is very significant for the fetus development. The task of our study was to determine the composition of diet of pregnant mothers in two regions with different level of air pollution, districts of Karviná (K) and České Budějovice (CB).

Methods: Each day, they fulfilled the questionnaire about the consumption of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, type of meat, and diet supplements.

Results: Recent results indicate that the quality of diet of pregnant mothers do not correspond to recommended daily intake. The fruits intake was 61.8% vs. 35.5%, in the vegetables intake 22.8% vs. 15.9%, in the dairy products intake 30.4% vs. 30.2% in CB vs. K, respectively.

Conclusion: Based on the obtained data, the web page for pregnant mothers was prepared to improve present situation. Mothers can find the evaluation of the quality of their diet, model menu, and recommended intake of nutrients.

Keywords: pregnant mothers; air pollution; diet quality; fruits intake; vegetables intake; milk intake; diet supplements; web page

Grants and funding:

This work was supported by the 301-13-13458S grant from the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (http://zdravedite.cassul.cz/home) and grant of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Strategy AV21, Qualitas.

Received: January 30, 2018; Accepted: May 4, 2018; Published: March 1, 2018  Show citation