Nutritional requirements in pregnancy. What happens if they are not met?

In a previous paper (Hytten, 1990) the specific extra nutritional needs of pregnancy were described. This paper examines what happens if these needs are not met.

Nutritional requirements in pregnancy: what should the pregnant woman be eating?

It is now recognised that 'eating for two' during pregnancy is not a sound practice. However, what should a pregnant woman eat? This article reviews firstly the available literature on the food intake of healthy women producing a healthy baby, and secondly the literature on the calculation of needs from what is known of the physiological demands of pregnancy.