NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Gestational Diabetes, Umbilical Cord, Thrifty Phenotype
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Nutrition through the lifespan: pregnancy and infancy: dohad developmental origins of health and disease, central importance: health of mother before pregnancy, adequate maternal body stores (iron, folate, others, heathy weight, avoidance of destructive lifestyle choices. Includes 9 months of pregnancy and the first 2 years of life. Indicative of how the child will turn out; in terms of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc. What factors influence the outcome of pregnancy: the 3 most important, maternal weight gain, adequate, not excess and not under. For a normal weight" (by bmi), an adequate weight gain is 25-35 pounds. For underweight" more is recommended, for overweight" less is recommended. 14. 5 and table 14. 1: maternal nutritional status prior to and during pregnancy. Sids: sudden infant death syndrome: nicotine: constriction of blood vessels (umbilical cord is a blood vessel, constricts and baby receives less oxygen and nutrient passage, carbon monoxide: goes into placenta over oxygen, alcohol.
