While providing preconception counseling to a group of women, the community health nurse emphasizes the need for adequate weight gain during pregnancy based on the understanding of which of the following?
A) Maternal nutritional habits do not affect later life.
B) Inadequate weight gain increases the woman's risk for cesarean birth.
C) Prolonged labor can occur with too little or too much weight gain.
D) Adequate weight gain is positively correlated with normal birth weight.
Ans: D
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