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Nutrition Issues in Developing Countries Part I: Diarrheal Diseases, Part II: Diet and Activity During Pregnancy and Lactation (1992) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 73-76

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From page 73...
... Women may spend substantial amounts of time in agricultural work; however, if this Is not paid labor or cash cropping, it may not be defined as work or employment Ln addition, routine household tasks, such as pounding and gnoding grain, carrying water, or washing clothes by hand, which are often not defined as work in employment studies, may be very strenuous physically and may require a prolonged energy expenditure. For this reason, the subcommittee was charged to focus on the physical activity encompassed in all of these achvities.
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From page 74...
... Socioeconomic status, women's employment in rural and urban environments, consequent physical activity, and its effect on the outcome of pregnancy are reviewed in Chapter ~ It is pointed out that both pregnant and nonpregnant women in developing countries per physical work for prolonged periods of time under unfavorable environmental conditions.
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From page 75...
... regarding strenuous exercise and prolonged mild exertion suggests a possible deleterious eject on gestaiional duration. Although a negative impact on fetal growth is less well documented, some evidence suggests that it may be greater undernourished women.
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From page 76...
... The subcommittee Stows of no information on how various physiological adjustments to physical activity influence lactation performance. It is recommended that studies should be undertaken to examine the ejects on lactation as measured by milk volume, composition, feeding frequencies, and infant growth Since there are so few data available addressing women's postpartum health and nutntion, the conclusions of the subcommittee are based almost exclusively on complications and immediate outcomes of pregnant.
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