NUTRITIONAL CONCERNS IN WOMENS PRIMARY-CARE

The midwife needs to be aware of current guidelines for nutritional mo nitoring, including those in Healthy People 2000, to provide primary c are screening for nutritional factors that affect the health status of women. This article reviews the relationship between dietary habits a nd specific health concerns, including cardiovascular disease, obesity , osteoporosis, cancer, and diabetes; special attention is paid to hig h-risk groups. It also examines the relationship between improved nutr itional status and the reduction of the major causes of morbidity in w omen. (C) 1997 by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.