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  • Women’s awareness of the importance of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid consumption during pregnancy: knowledge of risks, benefits and information accessibility

  • Danka S Sinikovic, Heather R Yeatman, Deborah Cameron, Barbara J Meyer
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 12 / Issue 4 / April 2009
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 April 2009, pp. 562-569
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  • Objective

    To evaluate pregnant women’s knowledge regarding the importance of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3 PUFA) consumption during pregnancy and assess their views on current information availability.

    Design

    A 27-item demographic and food safety/behaviour questionnaire was administered to pregnant women during their antenatal clinic visits. χ2 tests were performed using SPSS.

    Setting

    Antenatal clinics at two regional hospitals in New South Wales, Australia.

    Subjects

    One hundred and ninety (n 190) pregnant women.

    Results

    Three quarters of the women had not received information regarding LC n-3 PUFA. Approximately half of the women were aware of issues relating to LC n-3 PUFA; however, their knowledge was limited, with most obtaining their knowledge from books and magazines. Women generally had low (30 %, 29 %) to moderate (28 %, 24 %) levels of concern about LC n-3 PUFA and mercury, respectively.

    Conclusions

    Pregnant women lack knowledge of LC n-3 PUFA and health-care services do not provide pregnant women with adequate information on the importance of eating foods high in LC n-3 PUFA during pregnancy.