Discussion Post: Nutrition
You are a nurse or a nutritionist. A woman of childbearing age plans to become pregnant in the next few years. Her BMI is 25. What nutritional advice can you give her about her current diet (pre-pregnancy) and eating during pregnancy? What advice would you give her about weight gain in pregnancy? What is PICA? Explain to the woman what it is and why she should avoid it? What if she found out she had gestational diabetes, what advice would you give her? Once she has the baby, how do you recommend she feed the baby? What are the nutritional benefits of breastfeeding? When should she start feeding the baby solid foods?
The response should include a reference list. One-inch margins, Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space and APA style of writing and citations.