NUTR 2050 Chapter 4: Chapter 4.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR 2050
• Professor: Simone Holligan

Document Summary

Nutritional status stands out as an important factor affecting fetal growth and development. Natality statistics: summarize important information about the occurrence of pregnancy complications and harmful behaviours, along with infant mortality and morbidity rates. ** refer to chart 4. 1 pg 88 time breakdowns before, during and after pregnancy. Infant mortality rates are highly related to population wide improvements in: social circumstances, availability of safe and nutritious foods. Improvements in these (above) are leading to greater reduction in infant mortality rates, more so than improved technology in healthcare **see chart 4. 2 pg 89 ** The u. s. a spends more money on healthcare than any other nation yet, ranked 29th in international levels of infant mortality. Liveborn infant: outcome of delivery when a completely expelled fetus breaths or shows any sign of life, 2/3 of deaths to livebirth infants occur within 1st month or during neonatal period (38-42 weeks) This can be done through improvements in the birth weight of newborns.