Report from Tribunnews.com Journalist, Eko Sutriyanto
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, YOGYAKARTA – To date hypertension still potentially happened to pregnant mother.
Incidence rate preeclampsia (hypertension in pregnancy) is actually higher in developing countries like Indonesia where the percentage reaches around 7 – 10 percent.
Toto Sudargo, Head of the Health Nutrition Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University said, controlling intake calories and nutrition others are very important to prevent risks hypertension in pregnancy.
There are several ways to prevent this hypertension in pregnancy, as well as increasing the immunity of the mother and the fetus it contains.
One way is to adopt a diet that increases vegetables and fish, and a low-salt diet strategy.
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“A study shows that a diet rich in vegetables and fish reduces the chances of getting it hypertension gestationality by 14% and pre-eclampsia by 21%, “said Dr. Toto, at the webinar on the Role of Nutrition as a Step to Control Hypertension and Maintain Immunity in Pregnancy, Wednesday (11/18/2020).
Webinars are held to support mothers to stay healthy by disseminating informative facts about Umami Seasoning and Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar is a series of events held at the end of October 2020 to February 2021.
Toto said, by doing a low salt diet, of course, can also reduce the risk of hypertension in pregnancy.
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