Evaluación nutricional de las gestantes entre 20 y 45 años que asistieron al centro CEDIAGO durante el periodo enero-diciembre del 2020.

Abstract

Pregnancy is a very important stage because it represents the growth and development of a new being, where a set of processes are immersed, which depends on many factors and one of the most important is the maternal nutritional status, which contributes to development normal pregnancy and reduces the risk of maternal-fetal death. The objective of the study is to evaluate the nutritional status of pregnant women between 20 and 45 years of age who attended the CEDIAGO center during the period from January to December 2020. The study is retrospective with a quantitative, observational, descriptive, non-experimental and cross-sectional approach since the data were obtained from the clinical files, where the variables of weight, height, age, body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain and biochemical profile were used. The population of (n=101) pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria was taken. From the data obtained we have that 47% of the investigated pregnant women began their pregnancy with a normal body mass index, 30% with overweight and 22% with obesity. 22% of pregnant women who started their pregnancy with an adequate weight had insufficient weight gain, while 11% who started their pregnancy overweight and 10% with obesity had excessive weight gain. 42% of the pregnant women in the study had anemia during their pregnancy, however, only 4% of the pregnant women have a high nutritional risk. In conclusion, pregnant women are in optimal nutritional status, which reduces the risk of maternal-fetal complications.