Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • Statistics relating to pregnancy outcome
  • Preconceptional nutrition
  • Physiology during pregnancy
  • Influence of socio- economic status
  • Nutritional requirements and recommendation
  • The influence of alcohol, smoking and caffeine
  • Weight gain in pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in adolescence
  • Fetal nutrition and the placenta
  • Fetal nutrition and subsequent disease patterns
  • Practical guidelines for diet during pregnancy
  • Annexes
  • Bibliography