Eating behavior in a group of overweight pregnant women in two municipalities of Antioquia, Colombia: qualitative study.

Objective: To describe eating behaviors in a group of overweight pregnant women.

Material And Methods: Qualitative study from the focused ethnography perspective that included pregnant women over the age of 18 years, with overweight or obesity or excess weight gain during pregnancy, who attended the pre-natal care program at two public healthcare institutions belonging to the government-subsidized regime under the General Social Security System in two municipalities of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia). Thirteen individual semi-structured and three group interviews were carried out.