Healthy pregnant women in Canada are consuming more dietary protein at 16- and 36-week gestation than currently recommended by the Dietary Reference Intakes, primarily from dairy food sources

Nutrition Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 569-576

  Stephens, Trina V ^a,b   Woo, Hillary ^a   Innis, Sheila M ^a,b   Elango, Rajavel ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Gestational stage; Human pregnancy; Protein intake; Protein source; Retrospective analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; YOUNG ADULT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BODY SIZE; DIET; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; WEIGHT GAIN;

PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906790502     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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