[Diet and physiologic pregnancy: energy and macronutrients requirements].
This article briefly reviews the most important issues of past and present medical literature on maternal nutrition and fetal well-being, with particular attention to energy and macronutrients requirements (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates) in pregnancy. Guidelines for nutrition in pregnancy and a few examples of diets for physiological pregnancy will be presented.
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Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Servizio di Dietetica, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Roma, Italia.
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D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D015430:Weight Gain