Nutritional status, food choices, barriers and facilitators to healthy nutrition in pregnant women with severe mental illness: a mixed methods approach.
Jacqueline FrayneY HauckP SivakumarT NguyenH LiiraV A MorganPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2020)
Women with SMI in pregnancy struggle with issues of obesity, gestational weight gain, food cravings and possible eating disorder behaviours. They have additional challenges when pregnant, with management of their mental health and physical health having a direct impact. Interventional strategies in this population should incorporate findings from this research.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- mental health
- mental illness
- pregnant women
- body mass index
- birth weight
- pregnancy outcomes
- physical activity
- weight loss
- human health
- public health
- early onset
- healthcare
- preterm birth
- risk assessment
- study protocol
- randomized controlled trial
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- drug induced
- adipose tissue
- clinical trial
- social media