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The diets of pregnant and post-pregnant women in different social groups in London and Edinburgh: energy, protein, fat and fibre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Claire Schofield
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
Erica Wheeler
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
Judy Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
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Abstract

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1. Dietary records were obtained twice in pregnancy and once post-partum from 265 women from all social classes in London and Edinburgh.

2. The London women always had higher mean energy, protein, fat and fibre intakes. Significant between-region differences emerged.

3. Some between-social classes differences occurred, but were not consistently significant.

4. All mean energy and fibre intakes were lower, and protein and fat intakes were higher, than current recommendations.

5. Of lactating women 15% claimed to be dieting.

6. The percentage dietary energy derived from fat varied from 36 (in a dieting group) to 42.

Type
Clinical and Human Nutrition papers: Studies in Man
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1987

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