Maternal-Fetal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation

Cambridge University Press, 1/28/2010
EAN 9780521887090, ISBN10: 0521887097

Hardcover, 218 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.4 cm
Language: English

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. This book defines the nutritional requirements with regard to each stage of fetal development and growth, placing scientific developments into a clinical context. 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. 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. All doctors, health-care workers or scientists who either care for women, their newborn and growing infants, or who are involved in research in these areas, will find this to be essential reading.

Part I. Nutritional Regulation and Requirements for Pregnancy and Fetal Growth
1. Maternal adaptations to pregnancy and the role of the placenta Leslie Myatt and Theresa Powell
2. Pregnancy and feto-placental growth
macronutrients Laura Brown, Tim Regnault, Paul Rozance, James Barry and William W. Hay Jr
3. Mineral requirements of the mother and conceptus Lorraine Gambling and Harry J. McArdle
4. Individualized growth curves and size at birth Eve Blair
5. Maternal diets in the developing world Shobha Rao and Chittaranjan Yajnik
6. Pre-eclampsia Fergus McCarthy and Louise Kenny
Part II. Nutritional Regulation and Requirements for Lactation and Infant Growth
7. Macronutrients for lactation and infant growth Thibault Senterre and Jacques Rigo
8. Changes in nutrient requirements with age after birth Christopher H. Knight
9. Comparison between preterm and term infants Mary Fewtrell and Sirinuch Chomtho
10. Influences of timing and duration of formula feeding on infant growth William C. Heird
11. Maternal and offspring benefits of breastfeeding Alison C. Tse and Karin B. Michels
Part III. Specialized Requirements
12. Teenage pregnancies Annie S. Anderson and Wendy Wrieden
13. Vegetarians and vegans during pregnancy and lactation Rana Conway and Adrienne Cullum
14. Hyperemesis in pregnancy James D. Paauw and Alan T. Davis
15. Multiple pregnancy Barbara Luke
16. Mineral and vitamin supplementation before, during and after conception Y. Ingrid Goh
17. Determinants of egg and embryo quality
long term effects of maternal diet and assisted reproduction Kevin D. Sinclair and Wing Yee Kwong
18. Nutrition, environment and epigenetics Ian M. Morison and Wolf Reik
Index.