Nutrition and diet myths, knowledge and practice during pregnancy and lactation among a sample of Egyptian pregnant women: a cross-sectional study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study protocol was approved by the scientific committee at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and was approved by the Ethical Committee from the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (N-91-2022) in October 2022. Ethical approval is attached as related manuscript file. Verbal informed consent was obtained from the study participants before the interview and after clarification of the study aim. Only those who agreed to participate were included. All procedures for data collection were treated with confidentiality according to the Helsinki Declaration of Biomedical Ethics. Participants were informed that this was an anonymous survey, and that participation was voluntary. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by The Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STDF) in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB)."