Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305628007
Author: Judith E. Brown
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Introduction: Nutritional assessment for a breast feeding woman is a must as she needs to cater to her own needs as well as the needs of the growing infant. If the mother is healthy she can take better care of the infant as well as herself and for this she must consume food that helps in the overall nourishment of the infant’s body and herself. The infant directly feeding on the mother’s milk can receive all the required nutrients through the milk that is reflected in the physiological and psychological developments of the infant.
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