EC Nutrition

Pregnancy is a critical stage for pregnant women who must receive highly advanced medical, social and psychological care. Pregnant women encounter the most common problems: malnutrition, underweight/overweight, obesity, and bad follow-up. Medical research conducted about pregnancy indicated that both women to be pregnant and pregnant women face complications that will surely affect the fetus’s health and birth weight. With this research, we are going to discuss the risk factors of being underweight, plus the weight loss’ reasons for pregnant women such as hyperemesis gravidarum, intrahepatic cholestasis, preeclampsia, eating disorders, poor diet and anemia, and adolescence. We will conclude with the outcomes of being underweight on both fetus, maternal life, and health.

Keywords: Pregnancy; Underweight; Eating Disorders; Adolescence

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