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Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation

Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation

Hardcover

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0521887097
ISBN13: 9780521887090
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 28 2010
Pages: 218
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 7.60 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
Improving clinicians' understanding of effects nutrition can have on maternal health and fetal and neonatal development can have considerable impact on achieving a healthy pregnancy and reducing childhood morbidity. This book defines the nutritional requirements with regard to each stage of fetal development and growth, placing scientific developments into a clinical context. Clinicians and scientists discuss: how the fetus grows and what macro- and micronutrients it requires; what happens when there is nutrient deficiency and when placental development is abnormal; aspects of infant feeding, both with breast milk and formula milk. Specific problems encountered in pregnancy that pose a nutritional challenge are also considered, including pregnancy in teenagers, multiple pregnancies and pregnancy in those who are vegetarians or vegans. All doctors, health-care workers or scientists who either care for women, their newborn and growing infants, or who are involved in research in these areas, will find this to be essential reading.

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