Pica in pregnancy in a privileged population: Myth or reality

Tina Broby Mikkelsen; Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen; Sjurdur Frodi Olsen

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Pica in pregnancy in a privileged population: Myth or reality

Tina Broby Mikkelsen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Sjurdur Frodi Olsen

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BACKGROUND: In the literature pica is reported to be prevalent in pregnant women. Most studies have focused on less privileged populations, but is pica prevalent among privileged pregnant women? METHODS: 100,000 pregnant women in the Danish National Birth Cohort were asked about pica in a food frequency questionnaire mailed in gestation week 25. RESULTS: The response rate of the questionnaire was 70% of Danish National Birth Cohort participants. Only 14 women reported to have eaten substances that were clearly not foods, i.e. 0.02% had pica in this cohort of well nourished Danish women. CONCLUSION: It seems that, in privileged populations, pica is more a myth than a reality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1265-1266
Number of pages	2
Journal	Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
Volume	85
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00016340600676425
Publication status	Published - 2006

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pica
pregnancy
human
Danish National Birth Cohort
developed country

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