Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation, 1st Edition – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9780521887090
ISBN-10: 0521887097
Addition ISBN: 9780511669460, 0511739206, 9780511739200
Author(s): Michael E. Symonds, Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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.