HANDBOOK OF NUTRITION AND PREGNANCY

1. Body Composition in Pregnancy
2. Iron Requirements and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
3. Iodine Requirements in Pregnancy
4. Vitamin D in Pregnancy and Lactation: A New Paradigm
5. Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy
6. Sleep, Pregnancy, and Nutrition
7. Safe Food Handling for Successful Pregnancy Outcomes
8. Improving Pregnancy Outcomes with One-Carbon Metabolic Nutrients
9. Epigenetics and Diet in Pregnancy
10. Management of Obesity in Pregnancy
11. Pregnancy and Weight Loss Surgery
12. Preeclampsia
13. US Hispanics and Preterm Births
14. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge-Eating Disorder During Pregnancy
15. Diabetes and Pregnancy
16. Pregnant Behind Bars: Meeting the Nutrition Needs of Incarcerated Pregnant Women
17. Depression in Pregnancy: A Role for Yoga, a Lifestyle Practice to Complement Nutrition
18. Nutrition Issues During Lactation
19. Postpartum Depression and the Role of Nutritional Factors
20. Diabetes in Pregnancy: Worldwide Perspective
21. Nutrition and Maternal Survival in Low and Middle Income Countries
22. Domestic Violence During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Birth Weight: Perspective from Nepal

This easy to use text provides practitioners and researchers with a global view of current and emerging issues concerned with successful pregnancy outcomes and approaches that have been successful or show promise in ensuring a successful pregnancy. The fully updated and revised second edition expands its scope with topics not covered in the first edition including pregnancy and military service; sleep disorders during pregnancy; the gut microbiome during pregnancy and the newborn; requirement for vitamin D in pregnancy; the environment—contaminants and pregnancy; preeclampsia and new approaches to treatment; health disparities for whites, blacks, and teen pregnancies; depression in pregnancy—role of yoga; safe food handling for successful pregnancy outcome; relationship of epigenetics and diet in pregnancy; caffeine during pregnancy; polycystic ovary syndrome; US Hispanics and preterm births; celiac disease and pregnancy; cannabis use during pregnancy.
The second edition of Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy will be a valuable resource for clinicians and other healthcare professionals who treat and counsel women of child-bearing age and pregnant women.

Features
• Fully updated and revised new edition
• Written by leaders in the fields of diet and nutrients
• Formatted in a user friendly style

Authors
• Carol J. Lammi-Keefe, PhD. Alma Beth Clark Professor. School of Nutrition and Food Sciences. Adjunct Professor. Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA . USA
• Sarah C. Couch, PhD, RD Professor and Vice Chair. Graduate Program Director. Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. USA
• John P. Kirwan, MSc, PhD, FACSM. Executive Director. George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition. Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Baton Rouge, LA. USA