{"id":4512,"date":"2019-03-12T12:53:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.egeaconference.com\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:02:29","slug":"nutrition-and-pregnancy-the-importance-of-fruits-and-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.egeaconference.com\/en\/news-en\/nutrition-and-pregnancy-the-importance-of-fruits-and-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition and pregnancy: the importance of fruits and vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nutrition and pregnancy: the importance of fruits and vegetables<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A maternal diet rich in nutrients and micronutrients, before and during pregnancy, is associated with a good health for the fetus and a better weight at birth. \u00a0It usually benefits both the mother and the child. Pregnancy is a unique time in life when women are very motivated to improve their diet and receive advice from their doctor. Gynecologists and general practitioners have an important part to play with their patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nutritional recommendations during pregnancy are subject to a scientific consensus which endorses plant-based food and especially fruit and vegetables, a source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Current recommendations say we should at least eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day (\u2265 400\u2013 500g) in all their forms.<\/p>\n

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Practical tools dedicated to doctors <\/strong><\/h3>\n

On this theme, the state of knowledge was presented by Fionnuala McAULIFFE \u2013 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin \u2013 during the 8th<\/sup> edition of the EGEA conference \u201cNutrition and health: from science to practice\u201d. EGEA 2018 is a part of the triannual program \u201cF&V for health\u201d, co-financed by the European Union. The goal of this program, led by Aprifel, is to inform Europeans on the importance of a healthy diet based on fruit and vegetables. \u00a0It targets health professionals to make them use this current nutrition knowledge and discuss it with their patients. Practical sheets intended for doctors will be elaborated in collaboration with international associations of general practitioners. Aprifel will be at the Obstetrics and Gynecology conference from March 20th<\/sup> to 22nd<\/sup> (stand 18) to present the program and tools to doctors.<\/p>\n

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