Family medicine obstetrics: pregnancy and nutrition.
This article discusses pregnancy and nutrition in 3 main timeframes, the prepregnancy nutritional health evaluation, nutrition during pregnancy, and nutrition during the puerperium, and also includes comments on nutrition and lactation. This article begins with a brief review of the risks of obesity (increased body mass index [BMI]) and anorexia (decreased BMI), with special attention to these undesired conditions during pregnancy, followed by a section on nutrients other than calories. Information on body weight, minerals, and vitamins during pregnancy is reviewed. This article ends with information on nutrition in the postpartum period.
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Montgomery, AL, USA.
Jean M
JM
Harnisch
Patricia H
PH
Harnisch
David R
DR
Harnisch
D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008903:Minerals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods*; D039401:Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D013997:Time Factors; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D008903:Minerals; D014815:Vitamins