Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang

Pregnancy is a crucial period for mothers to ensure proper weight gain and adequate nutrients intake. This is important for healthy fetal growth. There are increasing numbers of maternal milk supplementation which claimed to provide the essential nutrients that are needed during pregnancy such as ir...

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Main Authors:	Baba, Nor Faezah, Abu Samah, Nur Faten, Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani
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Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
Subjects:	RG Gynecology and obstetrics
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spelling	iium-648452018-07-30T08:32:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64845/ Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang Baba, Nor Faezah Abu Samah, Nur Faten Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani RG Gynecology and obstetrics Pregnancy is a crucial period for mothers to ensure proper weight gain and adequate nutrients intake. This is important for healthy fetal growth. There are increasing numbers of maternal milk supplementation which claimed to provide the essential nutrients that are needed during pregnancy such as iron, folic acid, and docohexanoic acid. The current study was conducted to assess the practice of maternal milk supplementation (MMS) intake among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang, and whether its consumption plays a role in meeting the requirement for total energy and nutrients intake. Questionnaires regarding intake of MMS were distributed to 150 subjects to observe the prevalence of its consumption. From that, 54 subjects (from 2nd and 3rd trimesters) were interviewed to obtain their diet history using multiple pass 24-hours dietary recall method to examine their energy and nutrients intake in comparison to the Recommended Nutrients Intake for Malaysia (RNI), 2005. It was found that almost three quarter (70%) of the subjects consumed MMS. Women who consumed MMS during pregnancy were found to be significantly younger, of lower parity as well as lower pre-pregnancy body mass index. It was also shown that the women’s dietary intakes without MMS supplementation were insufficient to meet the RNI for total energy and some selected nutrients, except for iron and folic acid intakes. The results of this study indicate that MMS could play a role in increasing the dietary intakes of total energy, protein and calcium of pregnant women who are not consuming these nutrients sufficiently as recommended IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-07-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64845/1/64845_Maternal%20milk%20supplementation%20among%20pregnant%20women.pdf Baba, Nor Faezah and Abu Samah, Nur Faten and Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani (2018) Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 2 (1). pp. 179-190. E-ISSN 2600-8491 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/111
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spellingShingle	RG Gynecology and obstetrics Baba, Nor Faezah Abu Samah, Nur Faten Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
description	Pregnancy is a crucial period for mothers to ensure proper weight gain and adequate nutrients intake. This is important for healthy fetal growth. There are increasing numbers of maternal milk supplementation which claimed to provide the essential nutrients that are needed during pregnancy such as iron, folic acid, and docohexanoic acid. The current study was conducted to assess the practice of maternal milk supplementation (MMS) intake among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang, and whether its consumption plays a role in meeting the requirement for total energy and nutrients intake. Questionnaires regarding intake of MMS were distributed to 150 subjects to observe the prevalence of its consumption. From that, 54 subjects (from 2nd and 3rd trimesters) were interviewed to obtain their diet history using multiple pass 24-hours dietary recall method to examine their energy and nutrients intake in comparison to the Recommended Nutrients Intake for Malaysia (RNI), 2005. It was found that almost three quarter (70%) of the subjects consumed MMS. Women who consumed MMS during pregnancy were found to be significantly younger, of lower parity as well as lower pre-pregnancy body mass index. It was also shown that the women’s dietary intakes without MMS supplementation were insufficient to meet the RNI for total energy and some selected nutrients, except for iron and folic acid intakes. The results of this study indicate that MMS could play a role in increasing the dietary intakes of total energy, protein and calcium of pregnant women who are not consuming these nutrients sufficiently as recommended
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author	Baba, Nor Faezah Abu Samah, Nur Faten Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani
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title	Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_short	Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full	Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr	Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort	maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in kuantan, pahang
publisher	IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2018
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Maternal milk supplementation among pregnant women in Kuantan, Pahang

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