Table of Contents:
  • 1. Promotion of maternal and infant health
  • 2. Nutrition, fertility, and family planning
  • 3. Physiology of pregnancy
  • 4. Foundations of research in prenatal nutrition
  • 5. Energy and vitamin needs during pregnancy
  • 6. Mineral needs during pregnancy
  • 7. Lifestyle concerns during pregnancy
  • 8. Nutrition assessment and guidance in prenatal care
  • 9. Management of pregnancy complications and special maternal disease conditions
  • 10. The pregnant adolescent: special concerns
  • 11. Lactation: basic considerations
  • 12. Human milk composition and infant growth and development
  • 13. Promotion and support of breastfeeding
  • 14. Nutrition education: a support for reproduction
  • Appendix
  • Glossary