EYE11-2.1 Explain the impact on health and development of food choices during:
• pre-pregnancy
• pregnancy
• breastfeeding
In preparing for pregnancy it is important that a healthy diet is followed to ensure that the body has adequate stores of vitamins and minerals. One would need to eat plenty of fibre, protein such as lean meat, fish and beans; dairy foods for the calcium and 5 a day.
Food requirements vary according to age, gender, size, occupation or lifestyle, and climate. Different foods contain different amounts of energy per unit of weight; foods that contain a lot of fat and sugar have high energy values. An excess of calories will result in weight gain, as the surplus ‘energy’ is stored as fat; an insufficient intake of calories will result in weight loss, as the body has to draw on fat reserves to meet energy requirements. …show more content…
This will allow her to build up reserves of the nutrients vital to the unborn baby in the first three months.
Pre-pregnancy: preparing our body for pregnancy it is important to be healthy maintaining a well balanced diet, to ensure that our body has adequate stores of vitamins and minerals. We need to eat plenty of fibre e.g. wholegrain bread; food containing protein such as lean meat, fish and beans, dairy foods for calcium and the recommended the five or more portions of fruits and vegetables a day before, during and after. This helps developing healthily the unborn child and a pregnancy that has a good foundation is likely to be healthier and easier to