Exam 14: Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation

Jenny has just learned that she is one month pregnant (1st trimester).She has been looking forward to all the ice cream, chips and cakes she has seen women on TV and in the movies eating when they are pregnant.What is the most appropriate advice for Jenny?

Which of the following is one of the recommendations to treat pregnancy-associated heartburn?

Among the following, which is not known to represent a significant risk factor for a pregnancy being affected by a neural tube defect?

Studies report that folate supplements for women may lower the incidence of neural tube defects of infants when the vitamin is taken during the

Which of the following is the standard classification for a low-birthweight infant?

A craving for non-food substances is known as

Over the course of the entire pregnancy, approximately how much extra energy, in kcal, does the average pregnant woman need to consume?

The most common forms of neural tube defects are spina bifida and

Which of the following is the standard classification for a very-low-birthweight infant?

Preeclampsia typically develops during the

What organ functions to prepare the mother's breasts for lactation?

Which of the following is a characteristic of vegetarian diets during pregnancy or lactation?

To maintain physical fitness during pregnancy, all of the following activities are considered acceptable except

What is gestational diabetes?

What is WIC?

According to many experts, what minimum level of alcohol intake increases the risk of giving birth to an infant with fetal alcohol syndrome?

All of the following are features of older pregnant women in comparison with younger pregnant women except

To help alleviate pregnancy-related nausea, all of the following actions are recommended except

What is the term given to the developing infant from the eighth week after conception until birth?

A newborn infant at full gestational age has an average length of