Fetal nutrition: do they need minerals and vitamins?

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Or only calories?

I got this test question which made me confused:

16 y.o. pregnant girl tells nurse that her diet consists of

Breakfast - cereal + milk

Lunch - pizza+soda

Dinner - cheeseburger+milkshake+fries+salad

What's the most accurate nursing diagnosis:

1. Altered nutrition: more than body requirements related to high-fat intake

2. Knowledge deficit: nutrition in pregnancy

3. Altered nutrition: less than body requirements related to increased nutritional demands of pregnancy

4. Risk for injury: fetal malnutrition related to poor maternal diet

According to the book, the correct answer is 3. The rationale is that 4 (which I chose) is not correct because "there is adequate number of calories to support fetal growth". Ok, I could understand if they said, it was a potential problem rather than current, but they didn't... so... do fetuses need minerals and vitamins, or only glucose?

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great wic nutrition website: prenatal pills and nutrition

anetbul2.gifthe fetus gets all of its' nutrients (including vitamins and minerals) from the mothers diet, nutrients stored in the mothers bones and tissues and some nutrients made in the placenta. the placenta aids in transferring nutrients, hormones and other substances from mother to baby. nutrients found in the food consumed by the mother are needed for the placenta to perform these transfers.

anetbul2.gifthe increased needs of the mother and fetus sometimes make it difficult to obtain enough of the required vitamins and minerals from the diet alone.

prenatal nutrition encyclopedia of nursing and allied health ...

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nice articles, thanks, they confirm that the given rationale is wrong (although the choice still may be right but for a different reason)

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