Nutrition in the childbearing years /

In a field saturated with complex and conflicting information, this exciting new book covers information about nutrition before, during and after pregnancy in a clear and user friendly style. The author addresses all the major aspects of the subject, moving from fertility and preparing the body for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Derbyshire, Emma
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Wiley online library.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Nutrition and fertility
  • Preparing the body for pregnancy
  • Hormonal and physiological changes
  • Nutrient metabolism in pregnancy
  • Macronutrients and pregnancy
  • Vitamins and pregnancy
  • Minerals and pregnancy
  • Diet and pregnancy outcome
  • Weight gain in pregnancy
  • Special cases
  • Physiological and hormonal changes after birth
  • Nutrition after birth.