Pregnancy and Nutrition

Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation

Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation influences the growth and potential development of the fetus and contributes to the maturity of a healthy baby. The lack of sufficient calories, of macroand micronutrients, can lead to deficiencies in building materials for the development and growth of the fetus: moreover there is growing evidence that the maternal nutritional status can alter ...

Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation

Significant changes in maternal calcium metabolism occur during pregnancy and lactation. These changes provide a sufficient calcium supply to the fetus for skeletal growth and to the newborn infant in the form of adequate maternal milk production. There is increasing evidence that calcium is mobilized from the maternal skeleton for milk production and is replaced upon resumption of menses, and ...

Nutrition in Pregnancy.

Epidemiological evidence shows that women living in affluent circumstances have bigger babies with a lower mortality than underpriviliged women. How much of that effect is due to nutrition alone is not known but supplementary feeding in pregnancy of chronically ill nourished women does appear to increase mean birth weight, and famine conditions in a basically well nourished community reduce the...

Nutrition in pregnancy

Epidemiological evidence shows that women living in affluent circumstances have bigger babies with a lower mortality than underpriviliged women. How much of that effect is due to nutrition alone is not known but supplementary feeding in pregnancy of chronically ill nourished women does appear to increase mean birth weight, and famine conditions in a basically well nourished community reduce the...

Nutrition in pregnancy.