Dietary diversity, undernutrition, and predictors among pregnant adolescents and young women attending Gulu University teaching hospitals in northern Uganda.
Emmanuel MusinguziPeninah NannonoMoreen AmpumuzaMathew KilomeroBrenda NakittoYakobo NsubugaByron AwekonimunguRebecca ApioMoses KomakechLuke OdongoPebalo Francis PeboloFelix BongominPublished in: PloS one (2024)
About 1 in 8 of PAYW attending GRRH or SMHL had undernutrition, particularly those who lacked education about feeding habits during pregnancy and limited access to milk and milk products, fish and seafoods. We recommend health workers to offer timely education of pregnant adolescent and young women mothers about good feeding habits during pregnancy, appropriate monitoring of weight gain and physiological changes during pregnancy.