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Review
. 2016 Jun 7;8(6):351.
doi: 10.3390/nu8060351.

Maternal Dietary Patterns and Pregnancy Outcome

Xuyang Chen  1   2 , Diqi Zhao  3   4 , Xun Mao  5   6 , Yinyin Xia  7   8 , Philip N Baker  9   10 , Hua Zhang  11   12
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Review

Maternal Dietary Patterns and Pregnancy Outcome

Xuyang Chen et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy will affect the outcomes for the mother and the baby. Many analyses of the relationship between diet and outcome are often based on a single or a few food items or nutrients. However, foods are not consumed in isolation and dietary patterns can be used to assess the whole diet consumed. The use of dietary pattern analysis to understand nutritional intake and pregnancy outcome is becoming more and more popular. Many published studies have showed the association between maternal dietary patterns and pregnancy outcome. This review examined articles about the relationship between maternal dietary patterns and pregnancy outcome. As a modifiable factor, dietary patterns may be more applicable to clinical and pregnant health interventions.

Keywords: diet; dietary patterns; maternal outcome; offspring outcome; pregnancy.

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