ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES: MATERNAL FACTORS

 During prenatal period environmental factors can significantlly affect the development of the
child.

 THE MOTHER’S BODY IS CONSIDERED AS THE PRENATAL ENVIRONMENT.

TERATOGEN

 IS AN ENVIRONBMENTAL AGENT THAT CAN INTERFERE WITH NORMAL PRE NATAL

DEVELOPMENT.

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NUTRITION AND MATERNAL WEIGHT

PREGNANT WOMAN TYPICALLY NEED 300 TO 500 ADDITIONAL CALORIES A DAY INCLUDING
PROTEINS

RESEARCH : WHAT ARE THE OTHER NUTRIENTS NEEDED BY PREGNANT WOMAN?

TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE WEIGHT GAIN COULD BE RISKY FO A PREGNANT5 WOMAN.

RESEARECH SHOW THAT MATERNAL CALORIE RESTRICTION DURING PREGNANCY MIGHT PUT
RISK FOR LATER OBESITY, PERHAPS BY SETTING THEIR METABOLISM TO BE THRIFTY. ( CABALLERO,
2006)

OBESITY IINCRE4AQSES THE RISK OF OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY.

MALNUTRITION

PRE NATAL MALNUTRITION MAY HAVE A LONG TERM EFFECTS.

MALNORISHED WOMAN WHO TAKE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS WHIILE PREGNANT TEND TO HAVE
BIGGER, HEALTHIER, MORE ACTIVE, AND MORE VISUALLY ALERT INFANTS (J.L BROWN,1987; VUORI
ET AL.. 1979).

WOMAN WITH LOW ZINC LEVELS WHO TAKE DAILY ZINC SUPPLEMENTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE
BABIES WITH LOE BIRTH WEIGHT AND SMALL HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE ( HESS & KI8NG, 2009)