Here's why Mediterranean diet is good for pregnant woman
According
to a recent study, pregnant
women with higher intake of the Mediterranean diet have 32 per cent
lower risk of having children with an accelerated growth pattern, as compared
to offspring of women that did not follow such diet.
The
Mediterranean
diet is characterised by a high content of fruits, vegetables, olive
oil, legumes and nuts. This healthy diet pattern has earlier been associated
with lower obesity and cardiometabolic risk in adults.
This
study, conducted at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, aimed at
evaluating the association between adherence to a Mediterranean diet during
pregnancy and growth patterns and cardiometabolic risk in early infancy.
The
findings of the study are published in the Journal of Pediatrics.
It
was performed with data of over 2,700 pregnant women, who filled in a
questionnaire on dietary intake in the first and third trimester of pregnancy.
In addition, the diet, weight and height of their offspring were followed-up
from birth to age four years. Other tests such as blood analysis and blood
pressure were also performed. Read
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