Consumo de alimentos, factores socioeconómicos y anemia en mujeres gestantes

The prevalence of anemia in pregnant women and his association with foods intake, nutritional state and socio-economic variables has been analyzed. The sample was about 299 women that assist to a prenatal consultation in the health center Libertador Municipality, State of Merida 2009, in ages between 13 and 45 years. The obtained data was: haemoglobin and haematocrit of the three pregnancy quarters, parity, instruction level, occupation, incomes and foods expenditure. It was applyed a survey of “foods intake frequency” and it was determined Alimentary Insecurity Risk (RIA) and the IMC to the knowledge their nutritional state. 25, 75% of the women are anemics with values of HB< of 10.9 mg/dL, predominant in the ages of 13 and 30 years (21,07%), with an statistic significance between the parity and the anemia presence, a high Risk of Alimentari Insecurity (RIA) and a predominance of overweight in all the studied group (IMC: With anemia 27,44 ± 4,57 and with no presence of anemia 28,25 ± 6,25). The anaemic women consumed milk, cheese and chicken, fruits like papaya and orange, corn arepas, coffee, tea and