NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS
IN WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY Cover Image

АНАЛИЗА ИСХРАНЕ ЖЕНА ЗА ВРЕМЕ ТРУДНОЋЕ
NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS IN WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY

Author(s): Nada Muzalevski, Dragan Tešanović, Bojana Kalenjuk
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu
Keywords: food; nutrition; pregnancy

Summary/Abstract: Nutrition during pregnancy is an important element for the development of the fetus and the mother’s health because during this period the female organism experiences numerous metabolic, hormonal and psychological changes, which may be affected by nutrition. Adequate intake of energy and nutritionally adequate food during pregnancy ensures undisturbed mother’s life, normal birth, normal development of the fetus in the womb, and the child, especially in the first years of life, whereby care must be taken to avoid excessive weight gain or loss and anemia. The paper will seek to show how important it is that in addition to regular energy intake (carbohydrates, fats) organism should receive the appropriate building (proteins) and biological substances (vitamins and minerals), and water with the aim to show the extent to which women in Novi Sad are familiar with the rules of nutrition during pregnancy and to what extent they adhered to known principles to them, and whether such a diet during pregnancy had positive or negative effects on their bodies and health of their children.

  • Issue Year: 44/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 183-193
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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