Determinants of diet in pregnancy: development of an explanatory model and application to cross-sectional data from a social-epidemiological birth cohort study

Diet in pregnancy is crucial for maternal and child health and pregnancy has been described as a good time for initiating behaviour change. Evidence from developed countries, however, suggests that dietary intake in pregnant women is inadequate despite food (theoretically) being abundant. There is currently little knowledge on dietary intakes of pregnant women in Germany. A need for furthering theoretical knowledge in the field of nutrition...