Healthy Eating In Pregnancy And Breastfeeding
A quiz to find out how to eat healthily in pregnancy and when breastfeeding. What foods should you eat to stay well and help your baby grow.
- 1.A healthy diet in pregnancy is needed to
- A.
Prevent miscarriage
- B.
Help the baby develop and grow
- C.
Prevent birth defects
- 2.It is generally believed that you should 'eat for two' in pregnancy
- A.
This is a good guide for eating in pregnancy
- B.
It means you should eat twice as much as normal in pregnancy
- C.
Is now an out of date view of how much to eat.
- 3.A pregnant woman should gain how much weight during her pregnancy
- A.
About a stone
- B.
As much as she likes
- C.
About 2 stone
- 4.Taking extra folic acid in pregnancy can help prevent
- A.
Rickets
- B.
Miscarriage
- C.
Neural tube defects (eg spina bifida)
- 5.Calcium is important in pregnancy to
- A.
Make the mother's bones healthy
- B.
Make the baby's bones and teeth
- C.
Prevent rickets
- 6.Pregnant women need iron in their diet to help the baby grow well. If she doesn't get enough
- A.
She will become anaemic
- B.
Her baby will not grow
- C.
She will not be able to breastfeed
- 7.Getting enough vitamin C in pregnancy will help absorb
- A.
Calcium
- B.
Vitamin D
- C.
Iron
- 8.Vegetarian women may find it hard to get enough of the following in their diet
- A.
Iron and vitamin B12
- B.
Calcium
- C.
Vitamin D
- 9.If a woman puts on too much weight during her pregnancy
- A.
She should not worry as she can lose it after
- B.
She puts her baby at risk of defects
- C.
She is at risk of high blood pressure
- 10.Eggs, meat and poultry should be cooked thoroughly in pregnancy
- A.
To make them taste better
- B.
To prevent food poisoning
- C.
To help the baby grow
- 11.A healthy snack in pregnancy could include
- A.
A tuna sandwich
- B.
A bar of chocolate
- C.
A runny boiled egg and toast
- 12.Breastfeeding uses up an extra
- A.
1000 calories a day
- B.
400 - 700 calories a day
- C.
100 - 200 calories a day
- 13.While breastfeeding you should
- A.
Eat your usual diet and when hungry
- B.
Be very careful what you eat in case the baby gets colic
- C.
Avoid spicy food
- 14.Drinking fizzy drinks when breastfeeding
- A.
Will give your baby wind
- B.
Will increase your milk supply
- C.
May make you put on weight
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