孕妇作为一个特殊人群,其营养状况不仅直接影响自身健康,还与胎儿的生长发育、孕妇产后康复和哺乳密切相关〔1〕。据调查,在经济社会不断发展的同时,人们的营养认知水平并未随之显著提高〔2~4〕。为了解湖北省城市及农村地区孕妇营养知识水平及饮食行为现状,于2003年10月~2004 As a special population of pregnant women, their nutritional status not only directly affect their own health, but also with the growth and development of the fetus, postpartum pregnancy and breastfeeding pregnant women are closely related (1). According to the survey, while the economic and social development continues, people’s nutrition awareness has not significantly increased [2-4]. To understand the nutritional status of pregnant women and their dietary behaviors in urban and rural areas in Hubei Province, from October 2003 to 2004