Nutrition for Childbearing

HLTH 1310  Nutrition for Childbearing

Course Description: Explains how maternal nutrition is related to good outcomes for both mother and baby. Covers the following topics:

• Supplements and prenatal vitamins.
• Protein
• Dr. Brewer’s diet
• Foods that a pregnant woman should avoid
• Diet charts
• Nutritional risk factors
• Vegetarian & vegan diets
• Function and the signs/symptoms of deficiency of the major macronutrients and micronutrients
• Weight gain in pregnancy
• Nutrition and Breastfeeding
• Gestational Diabetes & Hypoglycemia
   
  

Dates: Spring Term  5/11-6/22/2009

Winter Term 2/22-3/21/2010

 


Instructor: Kelly Brown, DC

Prerequisites:
None, credit course open enrollment.

Credits: 2

Tuition: $190.00

For list of required textbooks visit the bookstore.                                              

Instructor

Kelly B. Brown, DC, CSCS is a licensed Chiropractor, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a Certified Acupuncturist, a Certified Mixed Martial Arts/Self Defense Instructor and is currently completing her Childbirth Educator Certification.

She received her DC at Life University,  and her undergraduate degrees at Brenau University and Hofstra University.

Dr. Brown has had three homebirths and credits the support and guidance of her midwife as the inspiration in her work. Her focus is in perinatal fitness, nutrition and alternative healthcare. It is her belief that every pregnant woman should have access to midwifery care.

She lives in Colorado with her husband and their three children. She volunteers her time teaching women self defense and crisis prevention.