Maternal Nutrient Metabolism and Requirements in Pregnancy and Lactation

Present Knowledge in Nutrition: Tenth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 608-623

  Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid supplementation in pregnancy, lowered risks of birth defects; Iodine deficiency in pregnancy, and cretinism, effects on growth; Maternal nutrient metabolism and requirements, in pregnancy and lactation; Maternal nutrient requirements during lactation; Maternal physiology during pregnancy, and maternal nutrient utilization; Maternal zinc retention, increasing with intestinal absorption; Metabolism and recommended intakes of nutrients; Nutrient requirements of mother and fetus, and physiological events; Pregnancy weight gain, inversely related to a woman's fatness at conception; Serum hormone changes, in tissue deposition and metabolism

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EID: 84886979425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119946045.ch39     Document Type: Chapter

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