Obesity risk knowledge and diet and health-related attitude in association with anthropometric indices among pregnant women referred to outpatient gynecology clinics of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2020-2021

Abstract

Nutritional attitudes and beliefs are important factors in predicting nutritional behavior and are among the factors that in addition to the individual, also affects family eating habits and partners. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the knowledge about the risk of obesity and attitudes related to diet and health and its relationship with anthropometric indices in pregnant women. Materials and methods. After the proposal was approved, data were collected using a questionnaire. After settling in the clinic in the gynecology teaching hospitals of the university, the researcher presented the questionnaires to the respondents and all the volunteers were informed about the participation consent of the participants before starting the study and signed by the volunteer. The researcher advised the respondents to take enough time and provided them with the necessary explanations to complete it. After extraction, the data were entered into SPSS software and appropriate statistical analyzes were performed on them and a significance level of 0.05 was considered in all statistical tests. Results. A total of 100 pregnant women were included in our study with a mean age of 30.71 ± 6.38 years and 36% of whom had a bachelor's degree. The mean score of awareness in this population was 6.19 ± 1.64 and was sufficient in 34% of participants. The mean attitude score of these people was 6.12 ± 1.58. There was a significant relationship between age and education with knowledge about the risks of obesity (P <0.001, r = 0.397 and P = 0.044, r = 0.202)