[The role of diet consultation on improvement of the diet nutrition in pregnant women].
OBJECTIVE
To study the improvement of the intakes of various nutrients including protein, fat, carbohydrate, fibers, calcium, iron, zinc et al, in pregnant women after appropriate diet consultation by doctors.


METHODS
100 cases of pregnant women coming to our diet consultation clinic were randomly selected, in which 50 cases (control group) came for the first time and another 50 cases (study group) were for the third visit at least. The diet nutrition of the study group after the second consultation were compared with that before consultation and with concurrent control group.


RESULTS
After diet consultation, except for retinol, the intake of various nutrients, including calorie intake, protein, fibers, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, vitamin E, riboflavin, thiamine, nicotinic acid, in study group were significantly improved compared with that of the study group before diet consultation and of the control group (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Diet consultation plays excellent role in promoting scientific and appropriate nutrients intake of pregnant women.
Wu
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B
First Affiliate Hospital, Beijing Medical University.
Shen
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S
Zhao
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R
D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011247:Pregnancy; D011897:Random Allocation; D012017:Referral and Consultation