Study: Modern Pregnant Women have More Cravings
By Danell Swim
April 28, 2008
Three-quarters of those surveyed experienced a craving, compared to just 30% five decades ago.
It found a third of cravings were not for food, but items such as coal, soap, toothpaste and sponges. Ice and chocolate were also popular.
The poll of 2,231 pregnant women was carried out by the social network website gurgle.com.
Chocolate was the most common food craving, followed by ice cream, sweets, spicy food, pickled onions, tropical fruit, curry, doughnuts, marmite, peanut butter, potatoes and nuts.
Mothers-to-be reported cravings for odd combinations of food, the most common being pickles and peanut butter, followed by marmite and ice cream.
Other combinations mentioned included tuna and banana, and fried eggs with mint sauce.
Women reported that cravings mostly struck in the afternoon (40%) or in the evening (38%), with only 8% sneaking off for midnight snacks.
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