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Nutrition during preconception as well as throughout pregnancy has a major impact on the outcome of pregnancy. Therefore, the aim of this study was designed to assess knowledge, perception and practices of maternal nutrition among pregnant women during antenatal care in selected health center of Horo Guduru Wollega zone. A facility-based cross-sectional study design was conducted on total 405 pregnant mothers from January to June, 2017. A semi structured interview and questionnaires was used to collect information in the areas of socio-demographic, knowledge, perception, and practices towards maternal nutrition among pregnant mothers. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 was used to perform descriptive statistics. The result obtained during study indicates that 63.5%, 70.6% and74.6% of pregnant mother good knowledge, perception and practices respectively while 36.5%, 29.4% and 25.4% was poor knowledge, perception and practice respectively. This study clearly indicated that less than half of pregnant mother’s attending antenatal care in the study area had poor knowledge, perception and practices. Therefore, nutrition education should be intensified to improve the overall knowledge, perception, and practices of pregnant mothers towards maternal nutrition in different villages, health centers, health posts and hospitals.

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Assessment of Knowledge, Perception and Practice of Maternal Nutrition Among Pregnant Mother Attending Antenatal Care in Selected Health Centerof Horo Guduru Wollega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia