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Pregnancy

Nutrition and Supplements

NEWS:

Folic acid curbs birth defects

Healthy Pregnant Women Need Extra Energy Intake

Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Before and After Folic Acid Mandate --- United States, 1995--1996 and 1999--2000

ARTICLES:

Earlier Iron Supplementation May Benefit Breastfeeding Babies

Study: Mom's Diet May Affect Baby's Life

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Antioxidant Intake in Pregnancy in Relation to Wheeze and Eczema in the First Two Years of Life. (Am J Respir Crit Care Med)

Assessment of dietary vitamin D requirements during pregnancy and lactation (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Calcium intake during pregnancy among white and African-American pregnant women in the United States. (J Am Coll Nutr)

Dietary composition of pregnant women is related to size of the baby at birth. (J Nutr)

Eating Safely During Pregnancy (J Midwifery Womens Health)

Effect of placental function on fatty acid requirements during pregnancy. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Effects of a combined micronutrient supplementation on maternal biological status and newborn anthropometrics measurements: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in apparently healthy pregnant women. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Energy requirements during pregnancy based on total energy expenditure and energy deposition. (Am J Clin Nutr)

Fish intake during pregnancy and early cognitive development of offspring. (Epidemiology)

Folate and homocysteine levels in pregnancy. (Br J Biomed Sci)

Folic acid supplements to prevent neural tube defects: trends in East of Ireland 1996-2002. (Ir Med J)

Folic acid use by women receiving routine gynecologic care. (Obstet Gynecol)

Gestational diabetes and nutritional recommendations. (Curr Diab Rep)

Homocysteine Is Lower in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in Women with Enhanced Folate Status from Continued Folic Acid Supplementation. (Clin Chem)

Hungarian cohort-controlled trial of periconceptional multivitamin supplementation shows a reduction in certain congenital abnormalities. (Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol)

Influence of maternal serum levels of vitamins C and E during the second trimester on birth weight and length. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

[Iodine deficiency and thyroid function in healthy pregnant women] (Med Clin (Barc))

Iodine supplementation of pregnant women in Europe: a review and recommendations. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

[Is systematic iron supplementation justified during pregnancy?] (Gynecol Obstet Fertil)

Long-term effect of a plant-based diet on magnesium status during pregnancy. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Low maternal dietary intakes of iron, magnesium, and niacin are associated with spina bifida in the offspring. (J Nutr)

Maternal and fetal mercury and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as a risk and benefit of fish consumption to fetus. (Environ Sci Technol)

Maternal circulating nutrient concentrations in pregnancy: implications for birth and placental weights of term infants. (Am J Clin Nutr)

Maternal dietary B vitamin intake, other than folate, and the association with orofacial cleft in the offspring. (Eur J Nutr)

Maternal micronutrients and fetal outcome. (Indian J Pediatr)

Maternal nutrition and fetal development. (J Nutr)

Maternal nutritional status and the risk for orofacial cleft offspring in humans. (J Nutr)

Milk consumption during pregnancy and infant birthweight. (Acta Paediatr)

Multivitamin use and the risk of preterm birth. (Am J Epidemiol)

New data on the importance of gestational mg deficiency. (J Am Coll Nutr)

Nutrition and low birth weight: from research to practice. (Am J Clin Nutr)

Periconceptional folate intake by supplement and food reduces the risk of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate. (Prev Med)

Periconceptional multivitamin intake during early pregnancy, genetic variation of acetyl-N-transferase 1 (NAT1), and risk for orofacial clefts. (Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol)

Postnatal evaluation of vitamin D and bone health in women who were vitamin D-deficient in pregnancy, and in their infants. (Med J Aust)

Prenatal and infant predictors of bone health: the influence of vitamin D (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

[Prevalence of iron deficiency in pregnant and premenopausal women in China: A nationwide epidemiological survey.] (Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi)

Role of trace elements zinc, copper and magnesium during pregnancy and its outcome. (Indian J Pediatr)

Second trimester folate status and preterm birth. (Am J Obstet Gynecol)

Selenium in pregnancy: is selenium an active defective ion against environmental chemical stress? (Environ Res)

Severe hypercalcemia in a lactating woman in association with moderate calcium carbonate supplementation: a case report. (J Reprod Med)

Severe vitamin B12 deficiency in an infant associated with a maternal deficiency and a strict vegetarian diet. (J Pediatr Hematol Oncol)

The regulation of thyroid function during normal pregnancy: importance of the iodine nutrition status. (Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab)

[The use of supplements in pregnancy] (J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris).)

Vitamin C and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a case-control study. (J Reprod Med)

Vitamin D in Australia. Issues and recommendations. (Aust Fam Physician)

Vitamin D requirements during pregnancy (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Vitamin D(3)-implications for brain development. (J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol)

Women and Omega-3 Fatty Acids. (Obstet Gynecol Surv)

Zinc plus {beta}-carotene supplementation of pregnant women is superior to {beta}-carotene supplementation alone in improving vitamin A status in both mothers and infants. (Am J Clin Nutr)

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