Nutritional Knowledge and Dietary Intake Habits among Pregnant Adolescents Attending Antenatal Care Clinics in Urban Community in Ghana.
Prince Kubi AppiahAnang Rhoda Naa KorkluDuut Abdulai BonchelGeorgina Agartha FenuFrancis Wadga-Mieza YankeyPublished in: Journal of nutrition and metabolism (2021)
Eating habit of adolescent pregnant women was not encouraging. Therefore, the municipal health authority with the concerned stakeholders should intensify efforts, including nutritional education to improve good eating habits, such as taking snacks in between meals, eating on time, and balance diet among pregnant adolescents, and to reduce adolescent pregnancy in the municipality.