Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy (Nutrition and Health)

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.

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 woman of child-bearing age and pregnant woman.

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
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, 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