Teenage pregnancy: Nutritional

The teen pregnancy creates special nutritional and dietary needs, different from those of pregnancy among adult women, because the teen body has not yet reached maturity, and continues to grow.

Studies on teenage pregnancies confirm the competition between the body of the adolescent mother and the fetus's body, this competition is of interest to food needs, nutrients, vitamins and minerals.

This explains why teens are twice as likely as adult women to have babies with low birth weight, and more likely than adult women to give birth preterit.

Another merit mention, diet in adolescents is generally more problematic than the diet of adults, by his poverty, and his dietary habits.



In 90% of cases, teenage pregnancies are unplanned, sometimes belatedly discovered. This poses a real health problem, because the girl, ignoring her pregnancy continues to follow his dietary habits, sometimes these low calorie diets, not to mention a possible consumption of recreational substances, alcohol or tobacco.

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Food insufficiency in adult women may affect the developing fetus, food insufficiency in the pregnant teenager's body and affects the development of her baby. This explains the importance of diet in pregnant girls.

It is therefore important to diagnose pregnancy as early as possible, adjust eating habits and lifestyle to the needs of the mother and her baby.

In general, the doctor may prescribe a supplement of folic acid, iron to meet the needs of pregnancy, but also a supplement of calcium, phosphorus, zinc, and magnesium to ensure the needs of the mother and her baby.

The diet of the pregnant teenager should include dairy products into low-fat, red meat, green vegetables, whole grains and legumes. This diet may be accompanied by a multivitamin supplement if necessary.

It is useful to control the intake of vitamins, excessive doses of certain vitamins such as vitamin A or D can affect the body or the mother and fetus.