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Food Intake Characteristics during Early Pregnancy in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
Kensei Hospital, Aomori, Japan
Department of Physical Therapy, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
Sendai Tomizawa Hospital, Sendai, Japan
- 1 Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
- 2 Kensei Hospital, Aomori, Japan
- 3 Department of Physical Therapy, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
- 4 Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
- 5 Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
- 6 Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
- 7 Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan
- 8 Sendai Tomizawa Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Abstract
To investigate the characteristic food intake during early pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, one hundred and twenty-one women were recruited and queried about their habitual dietary intake. Food intake of patients was assessed using the model nutritional balance chart at 12 - 16, 24 - 28, and 34 - 36 weeks of gestation. Of the 121 pregnant women examined, 19 were obese. During early pregnancy, food intake ratios of the obese women were significantly lower than those of the non-obese women for the categories of milk (p < 0.001) and sugar (p < 0.05). GDM group was 7 women among 19 women in obesity group during mid-pregnancy. During early pregnancy, women with GDM had significantly higher sugar intake ratios than women without GDM (p < 0.05). These results suggested that obese pregnant women are able to prevent GDM by limiting their sugar intake during early pregnancy.
KeywordsGestational Diabetes MellitusFood Intake CharacteristicsSugar IntakeObesityEarly Pregnancy
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