Food & Nutrition

Arab Journal of Food & Nutrition
98. Evaluation of Nutrition Intervention of a Group of Pregnant Women with
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (2008)
Wafa Yonsef Al-Debes
Supervisor: Dr. Khader El-Masri\ University of Jordan
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Abdelkarim Khawaldeh
Fifty-one pregnant women with gestational diabetes (GDM) were participated in
this study, to evaluate the effect of nutrition intervention program (NIP) on managing
of GDM. The program included individual nutritional counseling that enabled women
to monitor and control, and to manage their daily physical activity and blood sugar to
the desired level.
The study sample was divided into two groups: control group treated only by
insulin, and intervention group, treated with insulin plus NIP. Socioeconomic and
health parameters, blood pressure, body measurements, food and nutrients intakes,
laboratory (biochemical) and nutritional knowledge were used to assess the nutritional
and health status of pregnant women during the study.
Results indicate that the study sample were of low socioeconomic status and
were overweight (pre-gravid BMI 28.4±0.5 kg/m2) compared with the Jordanian
community.
At the beginning of this study, no significant differences (P>0.05) between the
two groups regarding energy and macronutrient intakes, physical activity, maternal
weight gain, blood pressure, and blood and urinary glucose levels. However,
significant differences were obtained between the two groups at the end of the study
(P