​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.

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 

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