Overview
- Fully updated and revised new edition
- Written by leaders in the fields of diet and nutrients
- Formatted in a user friendly style
Part of the book series: Nutrition and Health (NH)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Nutrient and Health Needs in Pregnancy
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Metabolism During Pregnancy
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High-Risk Pregnancies
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About this book
This easy to use text provides practitioners and researchers with a global view of current and emerging issues concerned with successful pregnancy outcomes and approaches that have been successful or show promise in ensuring a successful pregnancy. The fully updated and revised second edition expands its scope with topics not covered in the first edition including pregnancy and military service; sleep disorders during pregnancy; the gut microbiome during pregnancy and the newborn; requirement for vitamin D in pregnancy; the environment—contaminants and pregnancy; preeclampsia and new approaches to treatment; health disparities for whites, blacks, and teen pregnancies; depression in pregnancy—role of yoga; safe food handling for successful pregnancy outcome; relationship of epigenetics and diet in pregnancy; caffeine during pregnancy; polycystic ovary syndrome; US Hispanics and preterm births; celiac disease and pregnancy; cannabis use during pregnancy.
The second edition of Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy will be a valuable resource for clinicians and other healthcare professionals who treat and counsel women of child-bearing age and pregnant women.
Reviews
“This valuable book provides the state of the science on many important nutrition topics such as nutrients of concern in the patient following a vegetarian eating plan, or high‐risk pregnancy conditions and its nutritional considerations … .This book is written for medical students/residents, nutrition students, and medical practitioners who care for pregnant women including obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, dietitians, nurses, and other allied health professionals.” (Taylor Durkin, Doody's Book Reviews, June 14, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carol J. Lammi-Keefe, PhD
Alma Beth Clark Professor
School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Adjunct Professor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
USA
Sarah C. Couch, PhD, RD
Professor and Vice Chair
Graduate Program Director
Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
USA
John P. Kirwan, MSc, PhD, FACSM
Executive Director
George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA
USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy
Editors: Carol J. Lammi-Keefe, Sarah C. Couch, John P. Kirwan
Series Title: Nutrition and Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90988-2
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90986-8Published: 22 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08149-2Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90988-2Published: 03 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2628-197X
Series E-ISSN: 2628-1961
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XLIII, 445
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Maternal and Child Health, Clinical Nutrition, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery