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Maternal-fetal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation / editors, Michael E. Symonds and Margaret M. Ramsay.
- Title
- Maternal-fetal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation / editors, Michael E. Symonds and Margaret M. Ramsay.
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- vii, 208 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN
- 0521887097 (hardback)
- 9780521887090 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2009043217
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries