Consumo alimentar de energia e nutrientes no 1º e 3º trimestres gestacionais e peso ao nascer: Coorte NISAMI

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the consumption of energy, macronutrients and micronutrients in first and third trimester of pregnancy and birth weight of pregnant women registered in the prenatal care of the public network in the municipality of Santo Antônio de Jesus Ba. Methodology: This is a longitudinal study. were included in the study, pregnant women residing and domiciled in the urban area of the municipality of Santo Antonio de Jesus, eighteen years of age or over, enrolled in prenatal services of the Unified Health System (SUS), and who accepted participate in the survey. Data on food consumption were collected in the domicile of pregnant women in the first and third trimester of pregnancy. O instrument used to investigate consumption was the questionnaire of food frequency containing 74 foods. To estimate the size of portions of food consumed, a photographic record album of the portions of food and kitchen utensils from Monteiro et al (2007). Results: The study showed that pregnant women with children at birth weight inadequate birth (<3000g) had higher average consumption of Calories (p=0.02) and Carbohydrates (p=0.04) in the first trimester of pregnancy. AND in the third gestational trimester it was possible to identify differences in the means of Protein consumption (p=0.02) according to the categories of birth weight, where women who had children with adequate weight (≥3000g) showed higher mean protein consumption (means=72.66g). Conclusion: It was possible to show that the food consumption of pregnant women has influences the nutritional status of the conceptus, especially in the third trimester of pregnancy and that maternal protein intake was more relevant with birth weight.