Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Research. Higher Institute of Health Sciences. Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies and Research. Catholic University of Angola.
Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Research 5 : DOI: Objective: To evaluate the pregestational and gestational nutritional status of HIV-positive women.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted from August to November in which HIV-positive pregnant women were selected at random, in order of arrival and submitted to nutritional assessment through the Global Subjective Evaluation, whose data collected were analyzed in a descriptive and inferential manner, using the excel and EpiInfo software version 7.
Results: From the main results found it was observed the presence of maternal nutritional eutrophic, considering the pre-gestational Body Mass Index BMI of It was found 31 Conclusion: The results of this study indicate the need to develop specialized care programs in hospital units so that pregnant women have a differentiated nutritional follow up during prenatal care, in order to ensure an adequacy of their nutritional status.
Nutritional Status, Pregnancy, Seropositive. This study was carried out because it was found that HIV-positive pregnant women do not have differentiated nutritional follow-up in health units in Angola, which makes it a relevant topic, which is an important contribution to the development of information that will expand the situation and help point out possible solutions.
