Table 1 Food, Beverage and medications consumption habits among pregnant women
From: Consumption habits of pregnant women in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study
Substance consumed n = 100 | Pregnant women N (%) |
|---|---|
Food | |
 Any meat | 97 (97) |
  Meat | 12 (12.4) |
  Chicken | 9 (9.3) |
  Both | 75 (77.3) |
  Other | 1 (1.03) |
 Any fish | 86 (86) |
  Tuna | 18 (20.9) |
  Greasy grouper | 27 (31.4) |
  Both | 40 (46.5) |
  Other fish | 1 (1.2) |
 Fresh fruit | 90 (90) |
  Bananas | 72 (80) |
  Oranges | 78 (86.6) |
  Apples | 74 (82.2) |
  Other fresh fruit | 23 (25.5) |
 Any canned foods | 71 (71) |
  Canned fruits/veggies | 37 (52.1) |
  Canned soup | 34 (47.9) |
  Canned tuna | 45 (63.4) |
  Other canned foods | 2 (2.8) |
 Sugary desserts | 90 (90) |
  Ice cream | 68 (75.5) |
  Baked desserts | 65 (72.2) |
  Chocolate | 78 (86.6) |
  Other desserts | 2 (2.2) |
 Fast foods | 81 (81) |
  Burgers | 58 (71.6) |
  French fries | 71 (87.6) |
  Chicken products | 41 (50.6) |
  Other fast foods | 3 (3.7) |
Beverage | |
 Any water | 100 (100) |
  Tap water | 10 (10) |
  Bottled water | 92 (92) |
  Home-filtered water | 5 (5) |
  Other water | 0 (0) |
 Any milk | 81 (81) |
  Organic | 1 (1.2) |
  Full fat | 60 (74) |
  Low fat | 19 (23.5) |
  Fat-free | 5 (6.2) |
 Any juice | 92 (92) |
  Orange juice | 75 (81.5) |
  Apple juice | 46 (50) |
  Mixed juice | 56 (60.8) |
  Other juice | 14 (15.2) |
 Caffeine | 75 (75) |
  Coffee | 51 (68) |
  Tea | 56 (74.6) |
  Caffeinated drinks | 45 (60) |
 Energy drinks | 7 (7) |
  Red Bull | 0 (0) |
  Code Red | 4 (57.1) |
  Power Horse | 1 (14.3) |
  Other | 3 (42.8) |
 Non-alcoholic beer | 5 (5) |
Medication | |
 Over-the-counter | 17 (17) |
 Medication | 2 (11.7) |
  Decongestants | 3 (17.6) |
  Cough/cold medications | 0 (0) |
  Ibuprofen | 1 (5.9) |
  Aspirin | 14 (82) |
  Acetaminophen | 4 (23.5) |
 Prescribed medication | 95 (95) |
  Vitamins | 46 (48.4) |
  Calcium | 58 (61.05) |
  Morning sickness | 27 (28.4) |
  Medications | 1 (1.05) |
  Antidepressants | 23 (24.2) |
  Pain medications | 64 (67.4) |
  Iron | 77 (81.05) |
  Folic acid | 18 (18.9) |