Understanding the Impact of Nutrition on Maternal and Fetal Health

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.

Scope of the Book

This book defines the nutritional requirements with regard to each stage of fetal development and growth, placing scientific developments into a clinical context.

Topics Covered

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.

Special Nutritional Challenges in Pregnancy

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.

Intended Audience

All doctors, health-care workers, or scientists who either care for women, their newborns, and growing infants, or who are involved in research in these areas, will find this to be essential reading.