Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Lactating women who smoke tobacco, put the lives and health of their babies at high risk. Smoking causes adverse changes in the composition of the milk which not only hampers the protective properties but it also affects the infant’s health.
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Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies - Standalone book (MindTap Course List)
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