Includes bibliographic references and index.

So whats for dinner / Ruth Deery --
Macronutrients in preconception and perinatal health / Colin R. Martin, Anne Mullen, and Lorna Davies --
Examining micronutrients in pregnancy and lactation / Anne Mullen, Colin R. Martin, and Jade Wratten --
Nutritional needs for lactation / Victoria Hall Moran --
Nourishment : food, culture and identities / Rea Daellenbach --
Caring for women with eating disorders : from conception to birth and beyond / Lydia Jade Turner --
Vegetarian and vegan pregnancy / Emma Derbyshire --
Food talk with young pregnant women / Ruth Martis --
Sustainability, food, and chidlbirth / Lorna Davies --
Baby-led feeding the best start to life / Gill Rapley --
Nutrition for labour and birth / Penny Champion --
Childbirth in a fat-phobic world / Clara Miriam --
Health at every size® through informed midwifery practice / Jenni Brady, Lucy Aphramor, and Jacqui Gingras --
Conversations about food nutritional assessment and counselling / Lorna Davies and Ruth Deery

All health professionals who work with women during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period need to have an appropriate knowledge of nutrition, healthy eating and other food related issues. This evidence-based text provides an informative and accessible introduction to nutrition in pregnancy and childbirth.