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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
6
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1983-1-7
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A study was carried out to define nutritional problems of women attending family planning clinics (FPCs). Methods of nutritional assessment were chosen to examine relationships between diet and biochemical measures of folacin, riboflavin, and vitamin A status. Findings showed that in the sample of 219 FPC women, 30 percent were obese, 75 percent were low or deficient in plasma folacin, 58 percent were low or deficient in erythrocyte folacin, and 39 percent were low or deficient in riboflavin status (by erythrocyte glutathione reductase assay). Monotonous diets, low plasma folacin, and obesity were characteristic of less well-educated women. Women on contraceptive steroids had slightly lower red blood cell folacin. Riboflavin status was not related to intake of contraceptive steroids but was related to ethnicity.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:keyword |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/ANTHROPOMETRY,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Age Factors,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Biology,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Delivery Of Health Care,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Diseases,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Educational Status,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Employment Status,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Family Planning,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Family Planning Centers,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Family Planning Programs,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/HEMATOCRIT,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Health Facilities,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Hypertension,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Iud,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Marital Status,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Nutrition Indexes,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/OBESITY,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Oral Contraceptives,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Outpatient Clinic,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Physiology
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Dec
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-8223
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
81
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
682-7
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:otherAbstract |
PIP: This study was designed to define the common nutritional problems of women attending family planning clinics and to show whether such problems are related to contraceptive method or to demographic variables which affect food choice. 219 women were assessed of whom 83.2% were white, 13.3% black, and 3.5% of other racial groups. Other characteristics were: 48.4% never married, 20% married, 38.3% finished high school, 23.5% finished 11th grade or less, 1.4% went to graduate school, 38.8% were employed full time, 24.7% were unemployed, 14.6% were homemakers, 11.4% were students, 51.5% had no children, 21.9% had had 1 live birth, 12.8% had had 2, 49.3% used no contraception at time of entry into the nutrition program, 24.4% used oral contraceptives (OCs), 5.4% used IUDs. The following are some results: 1) there was a more varied diet among older women, those with higher education, and those with higher income; 2) 29.5% were obese; 3) obese women were less well educated and had lower incomes; 4) hypertension was found in 14 women; 5) 14 women had hemoglobin values below 12 g/1000 ml, 8 had hematocrit values of less than 38%, 6) 75% were low or deficient in plasma folacin values, 7) erythrocyte folacin values were low in 57.5%; erythrocyte glutathione reductase assays for riboflavin status showed 11 women in the deficient range and plasma carotene values were deficient in 2, low in 9; 8) women taking OCs had lower erythrocyte folacin levels but higher plasma retinol levels; and 9) the more children a woman was raising the poorer was her riboflavin status. Simple screening measures for blood folacin values and skinfold thickness could be utilized to define women at nutritional risk in family planning clinics. It was concluded that nutritional problems in women taking OCs tend to reflect or exaggerate the nutritonal problems of the community. Integration of family planning clinics with nutrition support services should be established by an ongoing referral system.
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Ambulatory Care Facilities,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Anthropometry,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Diet,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Diet Surveys,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Family Planning Services,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Health,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Health Status,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-New York,
pubmed-meshheading:7142609-Socioeconomic Factors
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| pubmed:year |
1982
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Nutritional status of women attending family planning clinics.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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