AN ASSESSMENT OF ANEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH BALANCED AND UNBALANCED NUTRITION INTAKE AMONG EXPECTANT WOMEN

Objective: The goal of our research was to discover the relevance of anaemia with nutrition amongst pregnant females. Methodology: This research was carried out at Allied Hospital, Faisalabad (August 2016 to July 2017). In our research, the total number of pregnant women’s were 250. All women’s which are included were second and third trimester of pregnancy. Two types of data “qualitative and quantitative” was collected. The data which was composed by questionnaire filling was qualitative data, consisting of female demographic information like the detail about women, her nutrition, her family members etc. the data which was composed through anaemia assessment along with included pregnant female’s haemoglobin level determination was quantitative data. Results: In our research, the total number of pregnant women’s were 250. Anaemia was found in ninety-three present (233) in numbers of pregnant females. Moderate anaemia in which haemoglobin range (Hb) is (7.0 to 9.9) g/dl was found in seventy percent of pregnant females whereas (5.2%) of pregnant females presented haemoglobin level less than 7 g/dl called severe anaemia. Mild anaemia (haemoglobin level 10.0 to 10.9) g/dl was found in 17.6% of women. Out of two hundred and fifty pregnant women, 232 were anaemia patient and also taking an unhealthy diet as well as the statically most important relationship was seen between imbalanced diet and anaemia occurrence. Conclusions: Our research presented expressive relation between the presence of anaemia in pregnant women and imbalance diet which are taken by them during pregnancy in specific areas of our study. Keywords: Hemoglobin, Anemia, Demographic, Balanced, Unbalanced and Pregnancy