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Research paper thumbnail of California WIC: New Classification Criteria and WHO Growth References Alter Anthropometric Risk Estimates

Research paper thumbnail of Womens nutrition through the life cycle: social and biological vulnerabilities

A girl who experiences growth retardation in infancy and early childhood will be small during her... more A girl who experiences growth retardation in infancy and early childhood will be small during her adolescence her reproductive years and in old age. A woman with anemia who experiences heavy hemorrhage during childbirth is at higher risk of developing a reproductive tract infection resulting in chronic pain which persists until old age. Nutritional status is important to female health well-being social cultural and gender inequalities and natural and human-induced disasters cause poor nutritional status. Nutrition of females living in poverty best depicts how the social and biological circumstances of females change over the life cycle and how the effects of these circumstances on womens nutrition are indeed cumulative. Thus society must take on the following priority actions to improve womens nutrition. Food needs must be met so women can consume adequate energy and nutrients. Another way to prevent the imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure is to reduce womens work...

Research paper thumbnail of Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study Delivered in 2 WIC Sites to Promote Physical Activity Among Pregnant Latinas

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Maternal height and newborn size relative to risk of intrapartum caesarean delivery and perinatal distress

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Consequences for maternal nutrition of reproductive stress across consecutive pregnancies

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of California WIC: New Classification Criteria and WHO Growth References Alter Anthropometric Risk Estimates

Research paper thumbnail of Womens nutrition through the life cycle: social and biological vulnerabilities

A girl who experiences growth retardation in infancy and early childhood will be small during her... more A girl who experiences growth retardation in infancy and early childhood will be small during her adolescence her reproductive years and in old age. A woman with anemia who experiences heavy hemorrhage during childbirth is at higher risk of developing a reproductive tract infection resulting in chronic pain which persists until old age. Nutritional status is important to female health well-being social cultural and gender inequalities and natural and human-induced disasters cause poor nutritional status. Nutrition of females living in poverty best depicts how the social and biological circumstances of females change over the life cycle and how the effects of these circumstances on womens nutrition are indeed cumulative. Thus society must take on the following priority actions to improve womens nutrition. Food needs must be met so women can consume adequate energy and nutrients. Another way to prevent the imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure is to reduce womens work...

Research paper thumbnail of Lessons Learned From a Feasibility Study Delivered in 2 WIC Sites to Promote Physical Activity Among Pregnant Latinas

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Maternal height and newborn size relative to risk of intrapartum caesarean delivery and perinatal distress

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Consequences for maternal nutrition of reproductive stress across consecutive pregnancies

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1990

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