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Maternal diet and fetal substrate provision

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It seems logical that pregnancy has an energy cost greater than the non-pregnant state. Energy is required for deposition as the products of conception, the energy cost of maintenance of the new tissues and energy deposited in maternal fat stores during pregnancy. Energy consumption in pregnancy may be reduced by alterations in patterns of exercise but national and international authorities have advised pregnant and lactating women to increase their energy intakes to meet the demands of reproduction.(1,2) For pregnancy these recommendations derive from the theoretical calculations of Hytten and Leitch,(3) which were that an additional 80 000 Kcal are required on average. Advice on the qualitative aspects of diet in pregnancy is usually limited to general comments on proportions of carbohydrate and protein to be selected.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK

    F. Sharp MD, FRCOG  & R. B. Fraser MD, FRCOG, DCH  & 

  2. Department of Paediatrics, University of Sheffield, Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, S10 2TH, UK

    R. D. B. Milner MA, ScD (Cantab), MD (Lond), FRCP (Lond)

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Fraser, R.B., Ford, F.A. (1989). Maternal diet and fetal substrate provision. In: Sharp, F., Fraser, R.B., Milner, R.D.B. (eds) Fetal Growth. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1707-0_10

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