title: [Nutrition and health status of pregnant women in 8 provinces in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate nutrition and health status of pregnant women in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  16 counties cities in 8 Provinces in China were selected to investigate nutrition and health information for pregnant women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The averaged age of pregnant women was 27.1 years old, and 6.3 percent of pregnant women are over 35 years old. The proportion rates of pregnant women who consumed supplements before or during pregnance accounted for 81.8% in city and 57.8% in rural (P < 0.01). Anaemia prevalence was 14% with significant difference between urban and rural, P < 0.01. The rate of sural spasm during pregnancy was 39.3%. Low daily intakes of protein, retinol equivalence, calcium, iron were the major nutritional problem. Calcium deficiency was the leading problem. Pregnant women got health improvement kowlege mainly from relatives, friends, hospitals or medical centers, books and televisions, furthermore, internet was a main media for city women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low daily intakes of protein and micronutrients were major problems for pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Liyun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shi'an
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000172:deficiency; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients