Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy

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.

Part I: Nutrient and Health Needs in Pregnancy. - Body Composition in Pregnancy. - Iron Requirements and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. - Iodine Requirements in Pregnancy. - Vitamin D for Pregnancy. - Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy. - Sleep, Pregnancy, and Nutrition. - Safe Food Handling for Successful Pregnancy Outcomes. - Part II: Metabolism During Pregnancy. - Improving Pregnancy Outcomes with One-Carbon Metabolic Nutrients. - Epigenetics and Diet in Pregnancy. - Part III: High-Risk Pregnancies. - Management of Obesity in Pregnancy. - Pregnancy and Weight-Loss Surgery. - Preeclampsia. - U. S. Hispanics and Preterm Births. - Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge-Eating Disorder During Pregnancy. - Diabetes and Pregnancy. - Pregnant and Behind Bars: Meeting the Nutrition Needs of Incarcerated Pregnant Women. - Depression in Pregnancy: A Role for Yoga, a Lifestyle Practice to Complement Nutrition. - Part IV: The Postpartum Period. - Nutrition Issues During Lactation. - Postpartum Depression and the Role of Nutritional Factors. - Part V: The Developing World. - Diabetes in Pregnancy: Worldwide Perspective. - Nutrition and Maternal Survival in Low and Middle Income Countries. - Domestic Violence During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Infant Birth Weight: Perspective from Nepal.