%0 Journal Article
%T Food Intake Characteristics during Early Pregnancy in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
%A Atsuko Satoh
%A Chikako Kishi
%A Sangun Lee
%A Masumi Saitoh
%A Miwa Miura
%A Yuka Ohnuma
%A Chizu Yamazaki
%A Hidetada Sasaki
%J Health
%P 1711-1719
%@ 1949-5005
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/health.2017.912125
%X To investigate the characteristic food intake during early pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a rural city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, one hundred and twenty-one women were recruited and queried about their habitual dietary intake. Food intake of patients was assessed using the model nutritional balance chart at 12 - 16, 24 - 28, and 34 - 36 weeks of gestation. Of the 121 pregnant women examined, 19 were obese. During early pregnancy, food intake ratios of the obese women were significantly lower than those of the non-obese women for the categories of milk (p < 0.001) and sugar (p < 0.05). GDM group was 7 women among 19 women in obesity group during mid-pregnancy. During early pregnancy, women with GDM had significantly higher sugar intake ratios than women without GDM (p < 0.05). These results suggested that obese pregnant women are able to prevent GDM by limiting their sugar intake during early pregnancy.
%K Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
%K Food Intake Characteristics
%K Sugar Intake
%K Obesity
%K Early Pregnancy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=80736