Introduction: Changes that occur during pregnancy, both physical and psychological will have a big impact and cause discomfort in pregnant women and the discomforts are varies in each trimester. In the first trimester, the common discomforts are nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, and various other symptoms. Nausea and vomiting cause a decrease in appetite, and if this is allowed to continue become one of the causes of chronic energy deficiency in the mother and hurts the fetus. Decreased appetite in pregnant women will be fatal if left alone without any effort to fulfill the nutrition of pregnant women who have no appetite. Therefore, it is necessary to provide supplementary feeding to pregnant women to meet nutritional needs and prevent the adverse effects of chronic energy deficiency. Purpose: This review aims to explore several articles regarding supplementary feeding to meet the nutrition of pregnant women. It is hoped that the results of this review will provide up-to-date information that is useful for maximizing the nutrition of pregnant women and providing good output for both the mother and the fetus. Method: This review article was carried out by reviewing articles published in 2014 - 2019. The method of searching for articles in this review article uses Google Scholar. The keywords used when searching is Providing Supplementary Food for Pregnant Women. Article selection was based on inclusion and exclusion criteria and 5 articles were selected. Result: Based on the 5 articles that were reviewed, all articles showed the benefits of giving supplementary food to pregnant women. The provision of additional food increases body weight, increases consumption of nutrients (energy, protein), and improves the nutritional status of pregnant women. Conclusion: Considering that supplementary food for pregnant women makes a significant contribution to overall energy consumption, it is necessary to develop local food ingredients which are potential sources of nutrients. Providing additional food is very beneficial for pregnant women who have a poor diet due to lack of appetite so if nutrition is sufficient with the help of additional food, it is hoped that the bad consequences of chronic energy deficiency and anemia will not occur in the mother or fetus.

Chronic Energy Deficiency

Supplementary Feeding

Discomforts in First Trimester