title: Pregnant Women Diet Quality and Its Sociodemographic Determinants in Southwestern Bangladesh.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diet diversity of pregnant women is associated with nutrition sufficiency, micronutrient adequacy, and pregnancy outcomes. However, the sociodemographic determinants of diet diversity among pregnant women in low-income countries are not well studied.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The analysis was undertaken to study the determinants of high dietary diversity and consumption of micronutrient-rich foods by pregnant women from rural Bangladesh.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnant women (508) were randomly selected from southwestern Bangladesh and interviewed to collect data about diet and sociodemographic characteristics. A 24-hour recall was used to collect information about diet. Diet diversity score was calculated for 9 major food groups. All analyses were conducted using STATA SE 12.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall mean diet diversity score was low at 4.28 and was significantly high among pregnant women who have higher educational achievement, whose husbands' occupation was business, who live in households of 4 or more family members, and who were dwelling in a house with more than 1 room. Highest gap on knowledge and consumption was reported for 3 food groups including dairy foods, eggs, and dark green leafy vegetables. Consumption of dairy and eggs was lower among women from low socioeconomic status, but no significant association was found between sociodemographic characteristics and consumption of leafy vegetables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our analysis has shown that diet quality of pregnant women was poor and intake of micronutrient-rich foods was low despite having knowledge about the importance of these foods, underscoring the need for promoting the diet quality in developing countries through behavior change communication programs.
authors.affiliation: SHIKHA Project, FHI 360, Dhaka, Bangladesh ashamim@fhi360.org aashamim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Abu Ahmed
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shamim
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention, Health Development and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Saidur Rahman
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mashreky
authors.affiliation: SHIKHA Project, FHI 360, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Tarana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferdous
authors.affiliation: SHIKHA Project, FHI 360, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tegenfeldt
authors.affiliation: SHIKHA Project, FHI 360, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Sumitro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention, Health Development and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: A K M Fazlur
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: USAID Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Iftekhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.affiliation: Health Division, BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Raisul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention, Health Development and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Zakia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Center for Injury Prevention, Health Development and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Kabir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hossen
authors.affiliation: SHIKHA Project, FHI 360, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Saydur Rahman
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Siddiquee
authors.affiliation: SHIKHA Project, FHI 360, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Mosiqure
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Alive and Thrive, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Tina G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Sanghvi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Nazma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shaheen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D003611:Dairy Products; D003906:Developing Countries; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D004522:Educational Status; D004531:Eggs; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011939:Mental Recall; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009790:Occupations; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population; D018454:Spouses; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients
keywords: Bangladesh; diet quality; dietary diversity; micronutrient; pregnant women