Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation : an implementation guide / Subcommittee for a Clinical Application Guide, Committee on Nutritional Status During Pregnancy and Lactation, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Nutritional Status during Pregnancy and Lactation. Subcommittee for a Clinical Application Guide.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy--Nutritional aspects.

Pregnancy.

Lactation--Nutritional aspects.

Lactation.

Nutrition counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Health care professionals can turn to this handy, practical guide for help in smoothly integrating maternal nutritional care into their practices. Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation provides physicians, nurses, primary care providers, and midwives with a ready-made, step-by-step program for helping new mothers. Providing background details, resource lists, and a "toolbox" of materials, this implementation guide makes nutritional care simple and straightforward.

Contents:

New tools and clinical care outlines Introduction Preconception/interconception visit First prenatal visi tFollow-up visits Postpartum visits Supplementary information General strategies for providing effective nutritional care Dietary assessment and guidance Assessing weight change Nutrient supplementation Nutrition referrals and resources

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-19616-5

9786610196166

0-309-57269-X

0-585-03777-9

OCLC:

42330475