NFSC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Anencephaly, Placenta
26 Oct 2016
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Pregnancy: the impact of nutrition on the future. Establish eating babits before pregnancy: fathers to be, mothers to be. Pre pregnancy weight: appropriate body weight before pregnancy. Obese and underweight women: low birthweight infant. Potential impact on life of infant: healthy placenta and other organs. Placenta: supply depot and waste removal system, two bloods never mis, metabolically active organ. Amniotic sac: poor maternal nutrition impacts generations. Implantation: within two weeks of fertilization. Gestation= 40 weeks: trimesters, critical periods. High risk pregnancy factors increased need for nutrients. Energy: vary with progression of pregnancy. Spina bi da: enriched in grain products. Vitamin b12: assists folate with manufacture of new cells, foods of animal origin. Vitamin d: rickets, supplements and forti cation. Calcium: absorption doubles during pregnancy, dri recommandations. Iron: iron needs of fetus take priority, iron supplements. Zinc: supplementation during pregnancy is not advised.
