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1. What is the total amount of weight that is recommended you gain for a healthy pregnancy? Explain in detail why this, amount of weight is beneficial, based on your BMI and any other concerns you may have. What would be a healthy (BMI 20.7) rate of weight gain during each trimester? Cite your sources.

2. What would your nutrition and/or behavioral risk factors be during this time in your life? Be specific. Explain the consequences for these risk factors. Cite any sources you use.

3. Describe three specific ways you could change your diet to meet increased needs for calories, vitamins, minerals, fluids, and any other nutrient areas that are of concern. Give specific quantities, recommendations, and cite the standards (RDA, DRI or other nutritional standard that RDs and the food/nutrition professional would utilize to make recommendations to clients or the general public). (8 points) - For example, if you recommend an increased need for iron, tell me the amount you need to consume, how you would obtain it and the expert source you used for this information.

4. What lifestyle changes would you want to make and how would you go about making them? Why are these important? Consider things like exercise, food safety, and other diet concerns (alcohol, caffeine, artificial sweeteners). Be specific in your behavior changes. For example: I would cook at least one meal a day at home and purchase frozen vegetables so that I could more easily increase my consumption of vegetables to meet the 3 ½ cups recommended by ChooseMyPlate.