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Aim: This study was performed to determine the prevalance of anemia and related nutrition and other risk factors in pregnant women who admitted to the hospital for prenatal care. Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study to receive prenatal care to the hospital admitted 311 women participated. The data on socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women, pregnancy information and dietary habits using a questionnaire that was collected using face to face interviews. To determine anemia in pregnant women in the hospital laboratory records made during routine pregnancy examination hemoglobin (Hb) values were used. Hb values of Results: The mean age of pregnants was 25.7±5.2 years. 90% of women were housewife and 37.3% were primary school graduates. Mean gestational age was 27.8 ± 11.2 weeks, mean number of pregnancy was 2.4 ± 1.5, mean number of abortion was 0.2 ± 0.5 and mean number of curettage was 0.1 ± 0.4. Mean hb values was 11.9±1.2 g/dl and anemia prevalance was 23.5%.According to the gestation period prevalence of anemia 22.0% in the first trimester, 27.5% in the second trimester, 22.4% in the third trimester. Maternal age, occupation, education level, social security, family type, income status, location, duration of marriage, the last birth type and duration between pregnancies were no significant difference between the prevalence of anemia compared (p>0.05). Similarly, pregnancy, abortion and curettage with the numbers there is no significant difference between the prevalance of anemia (p> 0.05). Not using iron-multivitamin preparations in pregnant women (32.9%) than those using (20.4%) were seen significantly more anemia, and anemia among pregnants who drank dark tea was more prevalent than pregnants who drank light tea and the difference was significant (33.9% vs 17.2%) (p<0.05). Conclusion: Anemia seen in one of every four pregnant women, admitted to the hospital for routine prenatal care, and not taking iron-multivitamin preparations regularly and consumption of dark tea seemed to be related with gestational anemia. Thus, anemia should be diagnosed earlier in pregnant and iron supplements should be started; and all pregnant women should be informed about the nutrition related factors affecting anemia such as not drinking dark tea, by the relevant health care stuff especially dietitians, nurses and midwives.

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