Relación entre consumo de alimentos y sobrepeso u obesidad en embarazadas que acuden al Hospital de la Mujer Alfredo G. Paulson.

Abstract

To develop this investigation work it was necessary to explore the eating habits of the obesity pregnant women who attend the Hospital de la Mujer Alfredo G. Paulson, with the main objective of determinate the relation between the food consumption and the obesity or overweight. It was necessary to review how the eating habits can harm the health of the obese pregnant women and her child, being the main factor the lack of information from mothers about how to eat a balanced diet during the pregnancy and what are the nutritional requirements that have to get covered during every stage of the pregnancy. Through this investigation it was possible to know the nutritional status of the pregnant women. Also it was confirmed that food habits influence directly in the nutritional status of the pregnant women, and that a good nutrition can prevent any complication along the pregnancy for the mother as for her child.