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    Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy

    Nutrition and Weight Gain During Pregnancy



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    1. Newman RB, Rittenberg C (2008). Multiple gestations. In RS Gibbs et al., eds., Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 220–245. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

    2. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2009). Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects. Available online: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf09/folicacid/folicacidrs.htm.

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    5. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2009). Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Also available online: http://iom.edu/Reports/2009/Weight-Gain-During-Pregnancy-Reexamining-the-Guidelines.aspx.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference July 23, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology


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