TABLE 4.
Nutrition conversation starters
| • Tell me about the foods you usually eat. |
| • Are there foods that you tend to avoid? |
| • Do you prepare your own food? |
| • How many times a week do you eat foods that you did not prepare yourself? |
| • Do you think you eat a healthy diet? Why or why not? |
| • When asked about GWG, respond with “How do you feel about your food intake?” Strategize about ways to improve nutrition for maternal and fetal health and appropriate GWG. |
| Food insecurity statements to ask |
| • Within the past 12 mo, the food we bought just did not last and we did not have the money to get more. |
GWG, gestational weight gain.