Author(s)

Atsuko Satoh^1*, Chikako Kishi², Sangun Lee³, Masumi Saitoh¹, Miwa Miura¹, Yuka Ohnuma¹, Chizu Yamazaki¹, Hidetada Sasaki⁴

¹Department of Nursing, Hirosaki University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan.
²Kensei Hospital, Aomori, Japan.
³Department of Physical Therapy, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Aomori, Japan.
⁴Sendai Tomizawa Hospital, Sendai, Japan.

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.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Food Intake Characteristics, Sugar Intake, Obesity, Early Pregnancy

Satoh, A. , Kishi, C. , Lee, S. , Saitoh, M. , Miura, M. , Ohnuma, Y. , Yamazaki, C. and Sasaki, H. (2017) Food Intake Characteristics during Early Pregnancy in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Health, 9, 1711-1719. doi: 10.4236/health.2017.912125.