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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 2 (2015), Article ID 2:IJNCP-115, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/115
Research Article
A Pilot Study of Total Energy, Three Major Nutrients and Food Intakes among Pregnant Women: A Comparison with Nulliparous and Multiparous Women in Miyagi, Japan

Megumi Fujita1*, Megumi Tsubota2 and Motoko Ishida3

1Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iida-Nishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
2National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8636 Tokyo, Japan
3Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8573, Japan
Dr. Megumi Fujita, Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iida-Nishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata 990- 9585, Japan; E-mail: f.megumi@med.id.yamagata-u.ac.jp
25 December 2014; 11 February 2015; 13 February 2015
Fujita M, Tsubota M, Ishida M (2015) A Pilot Study of Total Energy, Three Major Nutrients and Food Intakes among Pregnant Women: A Comparison with Nulliparous and Multiparous Women in Miyagi, Japan. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 2: 115. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/115
This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (grant number 20592601).

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