Nutritional Intake of Fetus in Pregnancy in Medical and Koran Perspective: A Literature Review

The maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is quite high. Nutritional factors play a role in physiological processes during pregnancy such as anemia and decreased immunity. Nutritional intake is very important in pregnancy. Various nutritional demand in pregnancy play important role in fetus growth and health. In medical field, nutritional status of a pregnant woman has a lot of concern and has been studied due to the survive of the mother and the fetus. The Koran's call to fulfill the needs during pregnancy is expressed through the command to consume good food. The Koran provide guidence including in the fetus and mother care. This is a literature review,various references were collected from books and online database including reports and journals. The articles were screened according to the research objectives. The keywords used are pregnancy nutrition, fetus gowth and Koran view of pregnancy.