Women’s experience and understanding of food cravings in pregnancy: A qualitative study in women receiving prenatal care at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

The aim of this 2016 study was to find out whether cravings cause excess gestational weight gain since gaining weight during pregnancy can lead to health complications in both mother and child. A total of 83 pregnant women agreed to give their weight and height measurements to calculate their body mass indices. The participants also […]

This 2020 study surveyed new mothers from 7 provinces in China who experienced the lockdown in their third trimester. The purpose of this study was to discover whether concerns about diseases provoked more emotional eating among the women during pregnancy. Additionally, Zhang et al. set out to examine the relationship between emotional eating, dietary changes, […]