Dietary Intake Quality Is Affected by Knowledge and Dietary Intake Frequency among Pregnant Women in Muntinlupa, Philippines: A Cross-Sectional Study

Tadashi Yamashita, Ramon Emilio Daniel Roces, Cecilia Ladines-Llave, Maria Teresa Reyes Tuliao, Mary Wanjira Kamau, Chika Yamada, Yuko Tanaka, Kyoko Shimazawa, Saori Iwamoto and Hiroya Matsuo
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Tadashi Yamashita: Faculty of Nursing, Kobe City College of Nursing, 3-4 Gakuennishi-machi, Nishi-ku, Hyogo, Kobe 651-2103, Japan
Ramon Emilio Daniel Roces: Ospital ng Muntinlupa, Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa 1771, Philippines
Cecilia Ladines-Llave: Ospital ng Muntinlupa, Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa 1771, Philippines
Maria Teresa Reyes Tuliao: City Health Office, City Government of Muntinlupa, Centennial Avenue, Tunasan, Muntinlupa 1770, Philippines
Mary Wanjira Kamau: School of Nursing Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676, Nairobi 00202, Kenya
Chika Yamada: Department of Environmental Coexistence, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Yuko Tanaka: Department of School Health Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-24 Shinku-racho, Tokushima 770-8501, Japan
Kyoko Shimazawa: Faculty of Nursing, Kobe City College of Nursing, 3-4 Gakuennishi-machi, Nishi-ku, Hyogo, Kobe 651-2103, Japan
Saori Iwamoto: Faculty of Nursing, Kobe City College of Nursing, 3-4 Gakuennishi-machi, Nishi-ku, Hyogo, Kobe 651-2103, Japan
Hiroya Matsuo: Department of Nursing, Osaka Shin-ai College, 6-2-28 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0053, Japan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 23, 1-11

Abstract: Improving the nutrition of pregnant women is essential in reducing maternal and child mortality, which is one of the global nutritional goals of 2025. This study evaluated the factors related to the quality of dietary intake among pregnant women in Muntinlupa, Philippines. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 280 pregnant women at a hospital in Muntinlupa from March 2019 to August 2019 using questionnaires. After the primary aggregation, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with the quality of dietary intake in pregnant women. Approximately half of the women (46.4%, n = 130) had a low dietary diversity during pregnancy. Less than 30% of the respondents consumed beans, soybean products, and nuts. In the logistic regression analysis, poor maternal knowledge of nutritional sources to prevent anemia (odds ratio (OR) 4.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.47–12.32, p = 0.01) and less frequent meal consumption (OR 2.15, 95% CI 1.08–4.29, p = 0.03) were significantly associated with poor dietary diversity. Our findings are crucial because they suggest that increasing the knowledge of pregnant women about good nutrition and ensuring that dietary intake is frequent and adequate through antenatal care can improve the nutrition of pregnant women.

Keywords: food diversity; dietary status; pregnant women; knowledge; food frequency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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