Dietary Patterns in Pregnant Adolescents
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dietary pattern, pregnant women, adolescent pregnancy, cluster analysis
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Introduction: Adolescence and pregnancy increase nutritional needs. Pregnant adolescents have higher energy requirements to maintain maternal health and ensure adequate fetal growth and development. Aim: Identify patterns of diet consumption among Pregnant adolescents. Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study between November 2014 and July 2016 among teenage mothers. Food intake was analyzed using asemiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). We identified the food patterns as a posteriori using cluster analysis. Results: 294 adolescents participated in the study. The mean age was 17.83 #xB1; 1.29 years. Sixty-five percent of participants self-declared as Caucasian and 83.3% were primiparous. Pre-gestational BMI was 23.71 #xB1; 5.04 kg/m2, and 42.9% of the sample showed excessive weight gain during pregnancy.
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2020-03-15
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