Features of the diet of pregnant women

Dubrovina S.O., Krasilnikov L.V.

Rostov State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Rostov-on-Don 344012, Mechnikova str. 43, Russia
Objective. To carry out a systematic analysis of the data available in the current literature on dietary recommendations for pregnant and breastfeeding women and on the role of trace elements in maternal nutrition.
Subject and methods. The review includes the data of foreign and Russian articles published in the past 15 years and found in PubMed on this topic.
Results. This paper describes essential trace elements and vitamins for pregnant and breastfeeding women. It notes the importance of changes in maternal trace element status and their impact on the programming of offspring development.
Conclusion. It is necessary to modify existing dietary patterns with the goal of more widely introducing the most currently available enriching and correcting products and drugs. Only these integration efforts will maximize the preventive effect of maternal and child nutrition.

Keywords

pregnancy
vitamins
nutrition
trace elements

Supplementary Materials

  1. Table 1. Recommendations for daily diets pregnant women
  2. Table 2. The contents of microelements and vitamins in 1 capsule of pregnakee

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Received 08.12.2017

Accepted 22.12.2017

About the Authors

Dubrovina Svetlana Olegovna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Deaprtment of Obstetrics and Gynecology № 1, Rostov State Medical University,
Ministry of Health of Russia. 344012, Russia, Rostov on Don, Mechnikova str. 43. Tel.: +78632504200. E-mail: s.dubrovina@gmail.com
Krasilnikova Liliya Viktorovna, postgraduate student Rostov State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia.
344012, Russia, Rostov on Don, Mechnikova str. 43. Tel.: +78632504200. E-mail: cool.dalida2014@yandex.ru

For citations: Dubrovina S.O., Krasilnikova L.V. Characteristics of diet for pregnant women. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018; (1): 135-40. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2018.1.135-140

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