Nutrition study in pregnancy: Food habits of 514 pregnant women

Abstract

Only 3 per cent of the women in this group consumed one quart of milk daily. Twenty-five per cent of them had less than 8 ounces daily.Only 59 per cent of them chose one serving or more of citrus fruits and vitamin C rich foods daily.Only 54 per cent ate at least one leafy, green, or yellow vegetable daily.A large number of women did not realize the need in the diet for potatoes, legumes, and other vegetables and fruits not mentioned above.Only 47 per cent consumed three or four eggs weekly.Twenty per cent reported an intake of lean meat, poultry, and fish of one and one-half servings daily.Seventeen per cent ate one-half of their bread and cereals in the whole grain form.Only about 21 per cent used one ounce of butter or fortified butter substitute daily.