This easy to use text provides practitioners and researchers with a global view of current and emerging issues concerned with successful pregnancy outcomes and approaches that have been successful or show promise in ensuring a successful pregnancy.  The fully updated and revised second edition expands its scope with topics not covered in the first edition including pregnancy and military service; sleep disorders during pregnancy; the gut microbiome during pregnancy and the newborn; requirement for vitamin D in pregnancy; the environment-contaminants and pregnancy; preeclampsia and new approaches to treatment; health disparities for whites, blacks, and teen pregnancies;  depression in pregnancy-role of yoga; safe food handling for successful pregnancy outcome;  relationship of epigenetics and diet in pregnancy; caffeine during pregnancy; polycystic ovary syndrome;  US Hispanics and preterm births; celiac disease and pregnancy; cannabis use during pregnancy.

The second edition of Handbook of Nutrition and Pregnancy will be a valuable resource for clinicians and other healthcare professionals who treat and counsel women of child-bearing age and pregnant women.

Part I: Nutrient and Health Needs in Pregnancy

Body Composition in Pregnancy
Iron Requirements and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Iodine Requirements in Pregnancy
Vitamin D for Pregnancy
Vegetarian Diets in Pregnancy
Sleep, Pregnancy, and Nutrition
Safe Food Handling for Successful Pregnancy Outcomes
Part II: Metabolism During Pregnancy
Improving Pregnancy Outcomes with One-Carbon Metabolic Nutrients
Epigenetics and Diet in Pregnancy
Part III: High-Risk Pregnancies
Management of Obesity in Pregnancy
Pregnancy and Weight-Loss Surgery
Preeclampsia
U.S. Hispanics and Preterm Births
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge-Eating Disorder During Pregnancy
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Pregnant and Behind Bars: Meeting the Nutrition Needs of Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Depression in Pregnancy: A Role for Yoga, a Lifestyle Practice to Complement Nutrition
Part IV: The Postpartum Period
Nutrition Issues During Lactation
Postpartum Depression and the Role of Nutritional Factors
Part V: The Developing World
Diabetes in Pregnancy: Worldwide Perspective
Nutrition and Maternal Survival in Low and Middle Income Countries
Domestic Violence During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Infant Birth Weight: Perspective from Nepal.