Defines the nutritional requirements with regard to the stage of development and growth, placing scientific developments into clinical context.

Part I. Nutritional Regulation and Requirements for Pregnancy and Fetal Growth: 1. Maternal adaptations to pregnancy and the role of the placenta Leslie Myatt and Theresa Powell; 2. Pregnancy and feto-placental growth: macronutrients Laura Brown, Tim Regnault, Paul Rozance, James Barry and William W. Hay Jr; 3. Mineral requirements of the mother and conceptus Lorraine Gambling and Harry J. McArdle; 4. Individualized growth curves and size at birth Eve Blair; 5. Maternal diets in the developing world Shobha Rao and Chittaranjan Yajnik; 6. Pre-eclampsia Fergus McCarthy and Louise Kenny; Part II. Nutritional Regulation and Requirements for Lactation and Infant Growth: 7. Macronutrients for lactation and infant growth Thibault Senterre and Jacques Rigo; 8. Changes in nutrient requirements with age after birth Christopher H. Knight; 9. Comparison between preterm and term infants Mary Fewtrell and Sirinuch Chomtho; 10. Influences of timing and duration of formula feeding on infant growth William C. Heird; 11. Maternal and offspring benefits of breastfeeding Alison C. Tse and Karin B. Michels; Part III. Specialized Requirements: 12. Teenage pregnancies Annie S. Anderson and Wendy Wrieden; 13. Vegetarians and vegans during pregnancy and lactation Rana Conway and Adrienne Cullum; 14. Hyperemesis in pregnancy James D. Paauw and Alan T. Davis; 15. Multiple pregnancy Barbara Luke; 16. Mineral and vitamin supplementation before, during and after conception Y. Ingrid Goh; 17. Determinants of egg and embryo quality: long term effects of maternal diet and assisted reproduction Kevin D. Sinclair and Wing Yee Kwong; 18. Nutrition, environment and epigenetics Ian M. Morison and Wolf Reik; Index.