The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 226; no. 5; pp. 607 - 632
• Main Authors: Marshall, Nicole E., Abrams, Barbara, Barbour, Linda A., Catalano, Patrick, Christian, Parul, Friedman, Jacob E., Hay, William W., Hernandez, Teri L., Krebs, Nancy F., Oken, Emily, Purnell, Jonathan Q., Roberts, James M., Soltani, Hora, Wallace, Jacqueline, Thornburg, Kent L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2022
• Subjects: adolescent pregnancy; developmental origins of disease; Diet; Female; fetal and neonatal nutrition; gestational diabetes mellitus; Gestational Weight Gain; Humans; Lactation; macronutrients; Male; maternal nutrition; micronutrients; nutritional requirements; Nutritional Status; Obesity; Pregnancy; Vegetables; vitamin supplementation; Weight Gain; fetal and neonatal nutrition; lactation; pregnancy; vitamin supplementation; macronutrients; micronutrients; gestational diabetes mellitus; maternal nutrition; adolescent pregnancy; nutritional requirements; developmental origins of disease

Most women in the United States do not meet the recommendations for healthful nutrition and weight before and during pregnancy. Women and providers often ask what a healthy diet for a pregnant woman should look like. The message should be “eat better, not more.” This can be achieved by basing diet o...