Appetite Sensations and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: An Overview of the Explanations

Crystal L. Patil; Elizabeth T. Abrams; Alexis R. Steinmetz; Sera L. Young

doi:10.1080/03670244.2012.696010

Appetite Sensations and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: An Overview of the Explanations

Crystal L. Patil, Elizabeth T. Abrams, Alexis R. Steinmetz, Sera L. Young

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We review information about the potential mechanisms underlying nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), food cravings, and/or aversions in pregnancy. In addition to providing overviews about genetic predispositions and hormonal associations with appetite sensations and NVP, we review two functional explanations: the "maternal and embryo protection" and the "placental growth and development" hypotheses. We conclude with a discussion about the kinds of data that would enable us to better evaluate the relative advantages and disadvantages of NVP across disparate resource and ecological conditions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	394-417
Number of pages	24
Journal	Ecology of Food and Nutrition
Volume	51
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2012.696010
State	Published - Sep 1 2012

Keywords

biocultural
food aversions
food cravings
nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
nutrition
review

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Food Science
Ecology

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