Pregnant women show an increased awareness of nutrition status during their pregnancy. This has been attributed to their perception of the importance of nutrition as a change they can
make in their everyday lives to protect the health of their babies.
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In a study conducted in Australia, pregnant women were
interested in receiving nutrition information during their pregnancy, especially information about healthy eating, weight
management, vegetarian diet, breastfeeding, morning sickness
and heart burn.
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The pregnancy period represents a life experience
for a woman that can impact on her current health and that of her
foetus and can also generate nutrition awareness that may affect
her nutritional behaviour in the longer term.
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