Rol de la educación nutricional en la ganancia de peso que logran las gestantes atendidas en el primer nivel de atención

Abstract

Feeding in pregnant women when performing nutritional and energy needs must comply with eating behaviors that promote the development of the fetus and the health and well-being of the pregnant woman. The research focused on determining whether nutrition education has a relationship with weight gain in pregnant women who attend prenatal care at the Patate Health Center type "B. The methodology applied in this research has a quantitative approach, with an inductive-analytical research and with a descriptive scope. For the research, the universe of pregnant women who attended prenatal control during 2020 was considered, where 152 patients were identified, of which 135 met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The age they presented was from 16 to 44 years, in those who began their pregnancy with normal weight prevailed insufficient gain in 43.5%, in those overweight, adequate gain in 42.6%, in obese, excessive gain in 64.7% and the low weight group in equal percentage for insufficient and excess gain. When the correlation between the two variables was carried out, a value of p=0.490 was obtained. Concluding that, there is no significant value among the variables studied, thus understanding that nutritional education alone does not generate changes in weight gain during pregnancy; that is, the existence of other factors that intervene in the expected weight gain at the end of pregnancy must be considered.