Overview
- Easy-to-use resource in handbook form
- Issues that are common to both developed and developing worlds
- Contemporary issues that impact both patients and developing infants
- Written by leaders in the fields of diet, nutrients and environmental factors
Part of the book series: Nutrition and Health (NH)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Nutrient and Health Needs During Normal Pregnancy
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Nutrient Needs and Factors Related to High-Risk Pregnancy
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Special Diets, Supplements, and Specific Nutrients During Pregnancy
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The Postpartum Period
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"This book summarizes evidence and practice recommendations for nutrition during pregnancy and lactation. ... It is written for health professionals working in obstetrics including physicians, nurses, and dieticians. Those currently practicing and those in training can both benefit from this book. ... This is a very practical and useful book for health professionals caring for pregnant women. ... This book is well organized and provides relevant information for both low-risk and high-risk obstetric care providers." (Gilad A. Gross, Doody's Review Service, October, 2008)
"This is an extremely comprehensive book on nutrition during pregnancy and is both easy to read as a whole plus to dip into for information. … The Nutrition and Health series … provide information to health professionals that is up to date. This book certainly does that – it covers nutritional requirements and guidelines for pregnancy … . Innovative information on nutritional requirements and also exercise is provided … . This is an ideal book for the library of anyone dealing with nutrition in pregnancy." (Nutrition and Food Science, Vol. 39 (5), 2009)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy
Editors: Carol J. Lammi-Keefe, Sarah C. Couch, Elliot H. Philipson
Series Title: Nutrition and Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-112-3
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-798-3Published: 09 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-112-3Published: 01 June 2008
Series ISSN: 2628-197X
Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 379
Topics: Maternal and Child Health, Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery