Table 4 Reported proportion of “sometimes-always” being provided with health professional advice relating to healthy eating and physical early and later in pregnancy [percentage (count)]
The health care professionals who have cared for me since I became pregnant.... | 16 weeks gestation “sometimes-always” (n=575) | 36 weeks gestation “sometimes-always” (n=492) |
|---|---|---|
Ask me about the foods I eat | 43 (247) | 39 (191) |
Encourage me to eat healthy foods | 64 (373) | 58 (287) |
Give advice about the amount of food to eat | 29 (169) | 21 (104) |
Give advice about how to plan and prepare healthy food | 16 (95) | 13 (65) |
Ask me about the physical activity I do | 39 (226) | 42 (206) |
Encourage me to be physically active | 47 (273) | 50 (243) |
Advise me to limit the amount of activity I do | 23 (135) | 18 (89) |
Criticise me for not doing enough physical activity | 4 (21) | 3 (14) |
Offer advice about how to include physical activity in my day | 23 (135) | 21 (101) |