NFS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Retinol, Choline, Eating Disorder
28 Apr 2017
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Summarized info about pregnancy complications, harmful behaviors, infant mortality and morbidity ocurrences. Indicates how population improvements in social circumstances, disease control, and availability of safe and nutritious food coorespond to infant mortality reductions. Infant deaths usually occur after the 1st month of birth (neonatal period) Infants born w/ low birth weight or born preterm are more likely to die in the first year of life. Delivery of a completely extracted fetus breathing or showing signs of life whether or not the cord has been cut or the placenta is still attached. Duration of pregnancy as weeks from conception. Time in pregnancy estimated from the 1st day of the last menstrual period. Plasma causes exhaustion, fetal birthweight and tiredness. Increased water volume caused decreased water soluble vitamin levels. Expands blood and nutrient flow from the placenta to fetus. High grains are associated w/ edema (swelling) and weight gain. Steroid hormones (progesterone and estrogen) produced by the placenta.
