title: [Evaluation of the effect of a "Mediterranean diet" and pre-pregnancy body mass on fetal growth].
abstract: In this study we compared the pregravidic body mass index (Quetelet index) with some variables recorded during pregnancy (caloric intake; weight increase, neonatal birth weight) in a group of patients consumers of a typical mediterranean diet. We studied the dietary habits of 100 pregnant women with gestational ages between 13 and 38 weeks. Each woman has been provided with daily, for seven consecutive days. The data have been analyzed evaluating, for each dietary componene, the caloric, proteic, glucidic, lipidic and microelements share. Our results showed degree of pregravidic obesity. However also in overweight patients that used diets with caloric intake as low as about 1600 Kcal/day, the neonatal weights were always within the normal range, confirming the adequacy of the "mediterranean diet" to the specific nutritional needs in pregnancy. Neonatal weight was better correlated to the pregravidic IQ than to the caloric intake.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy; D015430:Weight Gain
vernacular_title: Valutazione dell'influenza di una dieta "mediterranea" e della massa corporea pregravidica sull'accrescimento intrauterino.