Effect of Personalized Nutrition Counseling in Pregnant Women After Bariatric Surgery on Nutritional Status and Habits

Background: Nutrition challenges follow bariatric surgery can intensify during pregnancy and may have a crucial effect on fetus. To the best of the investigators knowledge, the effect of nutritional counseling on improvement of maternal diet quality and eating habits among post- bariatric pregnant women has not been evaluated. Objective: study aims to expand the existing limited knowledge in respect to post bariatric pregnant women's eating habits and quality of food intake, and to investigate the impact of nutrition counseling on these factors. Design: This is a controlled clinical trial comparing post Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) pregnant women who received nutritional counseling with age-matched control healthy pregnant women. Counseling will focus on improving quality of food consumption, eating habits and behavioral changes in order to improve the mother and the fetus' nutritional status Nutritional data and eating behavior will be obtained using 24 hours recall dietary records and the Family Eating and Activity Habit Questionnaire (FEAHQ).