TY - JOUR AU - Riffat Shehzadi AU - Sidra Khalid AU - Ayesha Kaleem AU - Qurat-ul-ain Ali PY - 2020/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Impact of Dietary Choices Among Pregnant Ladies Attending Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore JF - Asian Journal of Allied Health Sciences (AJAHS) JA - AJAHS VL - 3 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - 10.52229/ajahs.v3i2.332 UR - https://hpej.net/journals/AJAHS/article/view/332 AB - Pregnancy is the time period when maternal dietary selection of food items impacts the developing fetus as well as health of mother.Objective: To assess the impact of dietary choices among pregnant ladies.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. A sample size of 100 pregnant ladies aged above 20 years were selected. Data were collected through a pretested questionnaireResults: Findings showed that 40% ladies were overweight. Pregnant ladies took foods from vegetable group (51%) while fewer intakes were observed from meat group. Mean neonatal birth weight was 2.8 Kg. Most of the neonates (77%) were having normal birth weight.Conclusions: Although dietary intake of food items was insufficient, positive neonatal outcome was observed. Majority of the dietary food items were used from vegetable group. ER -