Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between food insecurity on pregnancy and its outcomes. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 700 Iranian mothers. Household socioeconomic status, prenatal information and household food security sta...

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Main Authors: Elham Hojaji, Mobina Aghajani, Rosa Zavoshy, Mostafa Noroozi, Hassan Jahanihashemi, Neda Ezzeddin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-04-01
Series:Hypertension in Pregnancy
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641955.2021.1874010
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author Elham Hojaji
Mobina Aghajani
Rosa Zavoshy
Mostafa Noroozi
Hassan Jahanihashemi
Neda Ezzeddin
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Rosa Zavoshy
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description Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between food insecurity on pregnancy and its outcomes. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 700 Iranian mothers. Household socioeconomic status, prenatal information and household food security status were assessed using questionnaires. Data analysis was applied by SPSS version 22. Results: The results of the study showed a significant association between food insecurity with gestational diabetes mellitus. The results also showed a significant association between birth weight, and height with pregnancy-induced hypertension. Conclusion: food insecure women should be recognized, and receive appropriate training and assistance.
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spelling doaj.art-31c60fe8644042bc956015dae7e69c182023-09-19T09:24:44ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHypertension in Pregnancy1064-19551525-60652021-04-0140210911710.1080/10641955.2021.18740101874010Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothersElham Hojaji0Mobina Aghajani1Rosa Zavoshy2Mostafa Noroozi3Hassan Jahanihashemi4Neda Ezzeddin5Iran University of Medical SciencesIran University of Medical SciencesQazvin University of Medical SciencesQazvin University of Medical SciencesQazvin University of Medical SciencesFaculty of Nutrition science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between food insecurity on pregnancy and its outcomes. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 700 Iranian mothers. Household socioeconomic status, prenatal information and household food security status were assessed using questionnaires. Data analysis was applied by SPSS version 22. Results: The results of the study showed a significant association between food insecurity with gestational diabetes mellitus. The results also showed a significant association between birth weight, and height with pregnancy-induced hypertension. Conclusion: food insecure women should be recognized, and receive appropriate training and assistance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641955.2021.1874010food securitypregnancy-induced hypertensiongestational diabetes mellitusbirth weight
spellingShingle Elham Hojaji
Mobina Aghajani
Rosa Zavoshy
Mostafa Noroozi
Hassan Jahanihashemi
Neda Ezzeddin
Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers
Hypertension in Pregnancy
food security
pregnancy-induced hypertension
gestational diabetes mellitus
birth weight
title Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers
title_full Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers
title_fullStr Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers
title_full_unstemmed Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers
title_short Household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension, diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures: a cross-sectional study of Iranian mothers
title_sort household food insecurity associations with pregnancy hypertension diabetes mellitus and infant birth anthropometric measures a cross sectional study of iranian mothers
topic food security
pregnancy-induced hypertension
gestational diabetes mellitus
birth weight
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641955.2021.1874010
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