Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Low Birth Weight, Baby Food, Leg Before Wicket
20 Apr 2017
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Chapter 13: lifecycle nutrition moher & infant. Mother and infant: stages of life. Infant: pre-pregnancy, pregnant women, toddler, school child, teenage, adult, elderly. Pregnancy: impact of nutrition on future health: all people need the same nutrients, but in different amounts as we move through life. Pre-pregnancy weight: women: nutrient demands of pregnancy are extraordinary; need optimum nourishment for growing fetus & mother, strive for appropriate/healthy bw, bmi 18. 5-24. 9 kg/m2, underweight women, who fail to gain weight during pregnancy often will have a low-birth-weight. Low birth weight infants (lbw) baby < 5 lb, 2500g. Indicator of poor nutrient status of mother before &/or during pregnancy. Lower adult io: short structure, high risk for chronic diseases in later life. Overweight/obese women: goals, strive for healthy weight before pregnancy (minimize medical risks for would-be mother & her future child, delivery of large infants.
