"Around 75% Of The Overweight Pregnant Females In Sri Lanka Are Being Consuming Six Meals Per Day And Increase The Risk Of Getting Diabetes"-Dr.Renuka Jayathissa

Around 75% of the overweight Sri Lankan pregnant females  are being consuming six meals per day although doctors have  recommended them only to consume  three major  meals per day, and increased the risk of getting diabetes and other nutritional disorders to them as well as to their new born infants  according to a latest island wide survey carried out on local pregnant females  ,Medical Nutritionist attached to the Medical Research Institute in Colombo Dr.Renuka Jayathissa has told this writer today(27).

According to the survey  around 24% out of the  approx 380,000 females getting pregnant in Sri Lanka annually are overweight .

Doctors have advised these overweight pregnant females  to consume more food items containing  protein such as Fish and Eggs so they will not get hungry much in the day and to consume three major meals per day with lots of green leaves,vegetables and fruits which they dont consider as essential  Dr.Jayathissa has stressed.

According to Dr.Jayathissa around 73% of the overweight pregnant females in the country have consumed an extra morning meal, 87% an evening meal and 10% an extra night meal prior to sleep.