Nutritional status and weight gain in pregnant women

The initial nutritional status (ENI) and the control of weight gain (WG) during gestation are of vital importance, since its alteration constitutes a risk factor for the development of maternal and fetal complications in the short, medium and long term. The objectives were to assess the pregestational and gestational nutritional status up to the twelfth week of the women attended at the Health Center N°3 of Loja, to estimate their GP per trimester and to establish the relationship between nutritional status and GP.