Title: The Harvard Medical School guide to healthy eating during pregnancy /
Authors: Walker, W. Allan.; Humphries, Courtney.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Eating; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Nutritional aspects Popular works.; Pregnant women Health and hygiene Popular works.
Abstract: Includes nutrition guidelines from preconception to year one, foods to eat and foods to avoid, menus and delicious recipes that help guarantee optimal health for mother and baby and advice on breast-feeding.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Good nutrition begins before birth -- What's in this book -- What do we really know? -- Pregnancy is a great time to change for the better -- Healthy mothers, healthy babies -- How to prepare for pregnancy -- Reach a healthy weight before pregnancy -- Take a folic acid supplement every day -- Begin to improve your diet -- Reach a healthy activity level -- Address unhealthy habits -- Get any medical conditions under control -- Improving your fertility with nutrition -- Planning for pregnancy: the bottom line -- Chapter 3: how pregnancy works -- What it takes to make a baby -- The first trimester: laying the foundation -- The second trimester: growing and growing -- The third trimester: preparing for life outside -- Understanding fetal nutrition -- Your health in pregnancy -- Why fetal health lasts a lifetime -- Metabolism and health -- The origins of fetal programming -- Disease can be a result of incorrect planning -- How programming works --^