Food aversions and cravings during early pregnancy: Association with nausea and vomiting

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-214

  Weigel, M Margaret ^a   Coe, Kathryn ^b   Castro, Nancy P ^c   Caiza, Maria Elena ^d   Tello, Nora ^e   Reyes, Monica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^d MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Ecuador)

^e Hospital Baca Ortiz   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Food aversions; Food cravings; Maternal embryo protection hypothesis; Morning sickness; Pica

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING DISORDER; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; NAUSEA; ODOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; NAUSEA; ODORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ECUADOR;

EID: 79956075994     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2011.568906     Document Type: Article

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