Feeding the mother and infant
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Feeding the mother and infant
（Current concepts in nutrition, v. 14）
Wiley, c1985
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Based on a symposium held Dec. 8-9, 1983, at the Sheraton Centre in New York City
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Nutrition during the perinatal period has become the focus for intensive research directed at the mother, the fetus and the young infant. Studies are currently being conducted to answer such questions as: how much weight should a mother gain during pregnancy? Is the pregnant adolescent at increased risk for a poor outcome? What are the consequences of being obese during pregnancy? Can dietary management protect the diabetic mother and her fetus? All of these questions are addressed in the first part of this book. The second part focuses on the fetus and deals with such issues as the role of the placenta in fetal nutrition, the importance of trace minerals and of certain vitamins in fetal development, and the effects of alcohol, smoking, caffeine and undernutrition on fetal and and placental growth. The last part of the book discusses the newborn and young infant. Such topics as energy metabolism in the premature and term infant and the role of birth in this devlopment and the outcome of small for date infants is also covered.
In its entirety this volume covers an area of major importance by discussing some of the ongoing research in maternal and infant nutrition and the applications for clinical practice.
Table of Contents
- Normal Nutritional Requirements and Unusual Nutritional Practices
- Physiological Changes of Pregnancy and their Relation to Nutrient Needs
- Nutrition for the Diabetic Pregnant Woman
- Nutrition of the Placenta and the Fetus
- Trace Minerals and Fetal Development
- Vitamins and Neural Tube Defects
- Environmental Factors Affecting Fetal Growth
- Neonatal Energy Transformation
- New Perspectives in the Role of Human Milk in Human Development
- Gastrointestinal Physiologic Considerations in the Feeding of the Developing Infant
- Follow-up Studies on Small for Date Infants
- Index.
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