Amanda Is a Healthy Adult with a BMI of 23

Amanda is a healthy adult with a BMI of 23 kg/m². She has just found out she is pregnant and her doctor estimates that she is at 6 weeks gestation. Amanda decides to increase her energy intake by 400 kcal/day. Amanda's decision is:

A) incorrect; she only requires an additional 200 kilocalories per day in her first trimester.
B) incorrect; no change in energy intake is required in the first semester.
C) correct; she should consume an additional 350-400 kilocalories per day in her first trimester.
D) incorrect; Amanda is overweight and should decrease her energy intake by 150 kilocalories per day.