Diet quality of adolescent pregnant females in Primary Health Care

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira, Miriã de Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Sally, Enilce de Oliveira Fonseca, Barbosa, Roseane Moreira Sampaio, Ferreira, Daniele Mendonça
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/8015
• topic: Adolescent nutrition; Food consumption; Maternal nutrition; Consumo de alimentos; Nutrição materna; Nutrição na adolescência; Alimentação Saudável; Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira; Gestação na Adolescência

To evaluate the quality of the diet of adolescent pregnant females in primary health care units. A cross-sectional study with 42 pregnant females. Dietary intake data were obtained through the 24-hour dietary recall, whose analysis resulted in the Adapted Diet Quality Index for Pregnant Women (ADQIPW). Pearson’s correlation test analyzed each ADQIPW component with the index score. The average score of ADQIPW was 46.1±14.3 points. The correlation of components with the final index score ranged between 0.85 for fiber and 0.11 for Omega 3. The ADQIPW classification showed that 59.5% of pregnant women had a “poor” diet quality and 40.5% “improvement required”. ADQIPW showed poor diet quality, characterized by a low intake of fruits, vegetables, and foods rich in calcium, iron, Omega 3, and folate. The consumption of ultra-processed foods was high.