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Nutrition in Twin Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ian MacGillivray
Ian MacGillivray*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Abderdeen, UK

Abstract

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The urinary nitrogen output appears to be related to both protein and energy intake, so that women having heavier babies probably eat more, although this may simply mean that they are larger women. Women with twin pregnancies have been found to have a lesser urinary nitrogen output, but it seems unlikely that this be due to lower intakes. They might simply utilize their diet more efficiently — a hypothesis that is now being tested.

Keywords

NutritionTwin pregnancyUrinary nitrogenBirth weight
Type
Session II: Pathophysiology of Twin Pregnancy
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 289 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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