Calorie Intake of Pregnant Women in Different Trimesters and Its Impact on Maternal Weight and Newborn Weight

Nahid Sultana and Khaleda Islam
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Nahid Sultana: PhD Researcher, Centre for Higher Studies and Research, Bangladesh University of Professionals,
Khaleda Islam: Professor and Director, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2024, vol. 11, issue 9, 1052-1061

Abstract: During pregnancy, increase energy demands for metabolism and intrauterine growth, these challenges for pregnant mothers to intake adequate calorie. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted to evaluate the calorie intake of pregnant women in different trimesters and its impact on maternal weight and birth weight. This study period was three years duration from January 2019 to December 2021. A pretested, semi-structured, standard questionnaire and randomized sampling technique was used to collect the data, the number of calculated sample size was 407. Study found that average age of the pregnant mothers was 26.063.08 years and average monthly income was 18527.40 5801.44 BDT. Study revealed that average calorie intake of pregnant mothers of 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimester were 1779.6596.88, 1986.6069.60 and 2179.6577.47, whereas average weight gain of pregnant mothers of 1st trimester was 0.520.60 Kg, 2nd trimester was 3.231.29 Kg and 3rd trimester was 7.362.50 Kg. It was observed that 0.50% of the pregnant mothers’delivered low birth weight baby and 99.50% normal weight baby with their average birth weight was 3.040.30 Kg. Calorie intake and body weight gain of different trimesters of pregnant mothers positively correlate with birth weight. Calorie intake influenced maternal weight and newborn weight.

Date: 2024
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