Explain Nutritional assessment and Guidance in Prenatal Care?
In the preceding sections, we have seen that there are unique physiologic changes in the pregnant woman's body, which has enhanced metabolic work that obviously accounts to the increased nutrient and energy needs. Thus, care during pregnancy is of special importance and the first step required for this is a comprehensive nutritional assessment. As in case of any other person, this will provide the foundation for planning personalized nutritional care, education and guidance throughout pregnancy so that we can help ensure that both mother and baby are healthy.