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To Assess the Nutritional Awareness and Develop the Product along with Self-care Educational Booklet for Pregnant Woman


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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College Ofhome Science, C.S.A.university of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P., India
2 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, C.S.A.university of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P., India
     

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Healthy eating is important at all stages of life, especially during pregnancy. A healthy diet before, during and after pregnancy improves maternal health and decreases the risk of pregnancy complications, birth defects and chronic disease in children in later adulthood. The present investigation was conducted to assess the nutritional awareness of the pregnant mothers and develop the self-educational booklet for them. In this research, questionnaire-cum-interview method was adopted for the collection of the data. The pregnant mothers were selected randomly. Most of the pregnant mothers were found unaware about nutrition aspects.

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Pregnant Mothers, Nutritional Awareness, Development of Booklet
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Nandani Singh
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College Ofhome Science, C.S.A.university of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P., India
Seema Sonkar
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, C.S.A.university of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P., India

Abstract


Healthy eating is important at all stages of life, especially during pregnancy. A healthy diet before, during and after pregnancy improves maternal health and decreases the risk of pregnancy complications, birth defects and chronic disease in children in later adulthood. The present investigation was conducted to assess the nutritional awareness of the pregnant mothers and develop the self-educational booklet for them. In this research, questionnaire-cum-interview method was adopted for the collection of the data. The pregnant mothers were selected randomly. Most of the pregnant mothers were found unaware about nutrition aspects.

Keywords


Pregnant Mothers, Nutritional Awareness, Development of Booklet