Table 2.

Diet given to GDM women admitted to obstetrics ward of JIPMER hospital. Three different calories of food items were given according to their individual requirements, as prescribed by the hospital nutritionist monitored on daily basis.

	Quantity	1500 calorie	1800 calorie	2000 calorie
Morning 6.30 AM
Tea/milk without sugar	1	100 ml	150 ml	150 ml
Breakfast
Rice/wheat/raggi (idly/dosai/upma)	1	50 g raggi	60 g raggi	60 g raggi
Sambar/chutney (tomato/onion/coriander/mint/curry leaves)	2 table spoon	15 g dal 50 g vegetable	20 g dal 50 g vegetable	25 g dal 50 g vegetable
Morning
Buttermilk/coconut water/soup (vegetable, mushroom, corn, dal)	1 glass	200 ml	200 ml	200 ml
Lunch
Rice/chappathi	225 g	75 g	75 g	80 g
Rasam/sambar	¾ cup	5 g dal	10 g dal	10 g dal
Chicken/fish/egg/dal	1 piece/1 katori	40 g 13 g	60 g 15 g	75 g 15 g
Greens	½ cup	100 g	100 g	100 g
Vegetable curry	2 katoris	100 g	100 g	100 g
Buttermilk	1 glass	150 ml	150 ml	150 ml
Evening
Tea/milk (without sugar)	1 glass	100 ml	150 ml	150 ml
Vegetable sandwich/sundal	¼ cup	30 g	45 g	50 g
Dinner
Chappathi/wheat rice	2	50 g	70 g	75 g
Dal/sambar	1 katori	10 g	10 g	10 g
Vegetable curry	2 katoris	150 g	150 g	150 g
Night
Milk	½ glass	100 ml	100 ml	150 ml
Fruit	1	50 g	75 g	100 g
Total oil quantity		20 g	20 g	25 g
Total butter quantity				10 g
Total salt intake	Less than 6 gm