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Pregnancy is a physiological process that involves various physical and psychological changes in women. One common psychological issue that can arise is anxiety related to body image, which can significantly influence the eating behaviors of pregnant women. This psychological challenge may lead to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and bulimia nervosa. The presence of eating disorders during pregnancy can have detrimental effects on maternal health, including nutritional deficiencies, fatigue, and an increased risk of complications during pregnancy, such as preterm birth and gestational diabetes. Additionally, these disorders can negatively impact the fetus, resulting in inadequate nutrient intake, low birth weight, and developmental delays. Therefore, maintaining a healthy, balanced diet, alongside psychological support, is crucial for pregnant women. Health education, along with professional counseling and guidance from healthcare providers, plays a vital role in preventing and managing eating disorders during pregnancy. Such efforts ultimately contribute to optimal health outcomes for both the mother and the developing fetus, ensuring the well-being of both in the long term.

Pregnancy is a physiological process that involves various physical and psychological changes in women. One common psychological issue that can arise is anxiety related to body image, which can significantly influence the eating behaviors of pregnant women. This psychological challenge may lead to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and bulimia nervosa. The presence of eating disorders during pregnancy can have detrimental effects on maternal health, including nutritional deficiencies, fatigue, and an increased risk of complications during pregnancy, such as preterm birth and gestational diabetes. Additionally, these disorders can negatively impact the fetus, resulting in inadequate nutrient intake, low birth weight, and developmental delays. Therefore, maintaining a healthy, balanced diet, alongside psychological support, is crucial for pregnant women. Health education, along with professional counseling and guidance from healthcare providers, plays a vital role in preventing and managing eating disorders during pregnancy. Such efforts ultimately contribute to optimal health outcomes for both the mother and the developing fetus, ensuring the well-being of both in the long term.

Cigarette smoke is a mixture of smoke and particles. The smoke consists of 4000 mixed chemical compounds, including toxic substances and 69 of them are cancer-causing substances. Pregnant women who are exposed to cigarette smoke will have an impact on their pregnancy and fetus, such as low birth weight, risk of premature birth, respiratory problems and other fetal development disorders. This community service activity is to increase pregnant women's knowledge about the dangers of cigarette smoke during pregnancy. The method of this activity is to provide direct counseling to 20 pregnant women. It is hoped that pregnant women can avoid exposure to cigarette smoke around them so that it does not harm the health of the fetus during pregnancy.

Menopause is a natural process that occurs in all women, marked by the permanent cessation of menstruation (menstruation) and begins with irregular menstrual periods (Northrup, 2021). Often women face menopause with anxiety and fear because they are entering old age and are no longer able to give birth. Children (Sebtalesy & Irmawati Mathar, 2019). As a result of this situation, a decrease in the hormone estrogen, progesterone and sex hormones can cause physical symptoms that may be experienced when reaching menopause, namely in the form of a sudden hot feeling attacking the upper part of the body, excessive sweating at night, difficulty sleeping, irritation of the skin, symptoms in the mouth and teeth, vaginal dryness, difficulty holding urine, and weight gain (Intan, 2017; Noervadila et al., 2020). The target of this Community Service (PKM) activity are mothers who are members of the Dharma Wanita Association – DWP, Bantul Ministry of Religion. This community service activity was carried out as an effort to improve the level of public health simultaneously and synergistically in Tips for Maintaining Pre-Menopausal Mental Health and Increasing the Capacity of Members of the Dharma WanitaSatu – DWP Ministry of Religion Bantul.

Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) in pregnant women can cause children born with cognitive decline, risk of stunting, and risk of chronic diseases in adults. The problem of pregnant women in CED is caused by low nutritional intake. Pregnant women with anemia are at 4.13 times greater risk of giving birth to children with short birth length compared to mothers who are not anemic. CED in pregnant women can cause risks and complications including anemia, bleeding, maternal weight does not increase normally and contracting infectious diseases. CED in pregnant women can affect the growth process of the fetus and can cause miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth, neonatal death, congenital defects, anemia in infants, intrapartum asphyxia, and low birth weight (LBW). Based on a survey conducted at the Cendana Putih Health Center, 45 pregnant women experienced CED (12.4%) in 2023. The problems that occur can be overcome by holding a collaborative program that can improve the health of pregnant women. This program can be used to address problems appropriately, namely by empowering pregnant women and cadres through GerCep CED. The design used in this program is community service activities carried out in the form of education in the form of providing pocket books and conducting direct counseling during the schedule of pregnant women's classes and assistance in making PMT from local food ingredients. The conclusion of this activity is that participants who initially had a low level of knowledge of KEK in pregnant women became more knowledgeable about KEK in pregnant women.