Diet For Would-Be Mothers
New research shows women must start taking care of their health even before they get pregnant. However study shoes not much women maintain a proper lifestyle and follow the proper diet as advised to them. They don’t even take care of nutrition level needed for a to be mother.
About 12,445 non-pregnant women aged 20-34 between 1998 and 2002 were interviewed to check how many of them actually followed the dietary advice given to them. 238 women got pregnant within three months of taking this interview. About 23 percent of the 238 women got pregnant did not expect the pregnancy in the next 12 months.
According to the British Medical Journal 2.9 pct of women were observing the daily dose of 400g of folic acid and drinking and consuming only four units of alcohol per week, as compared to 0.66 percent that was not pregnant. Research shows only one woman taking the given advice seriously. The rest group of women who has just started planning pregnancy the percentage was higher at 3.3pct.