Pregnancy and Nutrition:
Nutrition During Pregnancy, Prenatal Vitamins
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Dec 31st, 2007
Department of Health is encouraging pregnant and breastfeeding women to boost their intake of vitamin D in the darker winter months.
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Nov 1st, 2007
National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition's recent recommendations for fish and seafood consumption for pregnant and breast-feeding women are misleading.
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Oct 6th, 2007
Pregnant women and women of childbearing age should increase their seafood consumption, despite the well-known risk of mercury, a highly potent neurotoxin and other contaminants commonly found in seafood.
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Oct 4th, 2007
Pregnant and breast-feeding women should consume at least 12 ounces of fish and seafood per week for optimal brain development of fetuses, infants and young children.
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Jun 6th, 2007
Women of child-bearing age have long been encouraged to get 400 mcg of folic acid daily in order to reduce the risk of neural tube birth defects, especially spina bifida.
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May 21st, 2007
Eating fish and apples during pregnancy protects children against asthma and allergic diseases.
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Apr 25th, 2007
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced new income guidelines for the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program for pregnant women, families with young children.
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Feb 16th, 2007
Government's maximum recommended weekly amount of fish consumption for women during pregnancy is insufficient for their babies' brain development.
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Jan 26th, 2007
Women who take folic acid supplements early in their pregnancy can substantially reduce their baby's chances of being born with a facial cleft.
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Jan 2nd, 2007
Prenatal multivitamins for undernourished women may reduce risk of low birth weight of new born baby.
