Shirui Huo, Ying Liu, Anyi Sun, Bo Zhang
Environmental and social determinants of thyroid cancer: A spatial analysis based on the Geographical Detector
Frontiers in endocrinology
adequate nutrition nutritional status pregnant women critical health mother developing foetus research shown significant impact nutrition childs health future risk developing chronic noncommunicable diseases ncds obesity diabetes hypertension cardiovascular disease currently data level nutritional knowledge czech pregnant women survey aimed evaluate level nutritional knowledge literacy analytical crosssectional study conducted two healthcare facilities prague pilsen april june 2022 anonymous selfadministered paperform questionnaire assessing level nutritional knowledge 40 items likert scale assessing nutrition literacy 5 items used total number 401 women completed questionnaire individuals nutritional knowledge score calculated compared demographic anamnestic characteristics using statistical methods results showed 5 women achieved overall nutritional score 80 university education p 0001 living capital city p 0001 experiencing first pregnancy p 0041 normal weight overweight p 0024 ncds p 0044 statistically significantly associated higher nutritional knowledge score lowest knowledge scores found areas optimal energy intake optimal weight gain role micronutrients diet pregnancy conclusion study shows limited nutrition knowledge czech pregnant women areas nutrition increasing nutritional knowledge nutrition literacy czech pregnant women crucial supporting optimal course pregnancy future health offspring