Women's+Health+Issues+Prenatal+Nutrition

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  **What is Prenatal Nutrition?** Prenatal - existing or occuring before birth Prenatal Nutrition is the nutrition of women during pregnancy.

Pregnant women are advised to eat a more balanced diet with enough calcium and protein, and to avoid "junk food". It is also recommended that pregnant mother's take daily prenatal vitamins to help their diet. If you have a healthy diet, your child will have fewer mental and physical handicaps, and fewer childhood illnesses. The food pyramid is a good nutrition guide for pregnant women.  **The Food Pyramid is a good nutrtion guide for pregnant women **
 * Food**

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  ...as it can have a harmful effect on the baby. ** Drinking is strongly discouraged during pregnancy **
 *  Mother's are strongly discouraged to...   **
 *    drink
 *  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  smoke
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  take drugs

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> **Weight** Pregnant mothers gain a lot of weight. Parts of their body need to become bigger. Research says that women who have the healthies babies gain about 25 to 30 pounds during pregnancy. By not gaining enough weight during pregnancy, mothers put their baby at risk of being born prematurely or underweight, which can be fatal.


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