Question

Maternal and Infant Nutrition”.

Investigate the WHO site on maternal-infant nutrition.

What does it say about breastfeeding? What other recommendations are there?

Download the fact sheet on infant and young child feeding

Download the breastfeeding infographic and then check out other links.

Investigate the Nutrition.gov site on infants, WIC, food safety for moms to be, and infant feeding guide. Are the recommendations the same as those of WHO?

Step 2:

Then find out more about Women Infant Children (WIC).

Think about ‘What is it, who does it serve, who is eligible?’

Step 3:

Search on what nutrients are especially important for the pregnant and nursing mother?   How many calories do they need? What supplements are important and when should they be started? You will have to do some investigation to answer all these questions. If you know some experts it is a good idea to start there. Otherwise, you can begin with the Mayo Clinic.

But you will need to dig deeper to understand what deficiencies could occur and what important information you will need to provide pregnant and nursing women.

Check out Nutrition of Women and Girls: Why it Matters?

Based on what you have learned so far about maternal/infant nutrition, make three graphics of important nutrients, one for the pregnant woman, one for the new mother, and one for the infant.

Answer 1

1. Welcome sir, maternal and infant nutrition are very essential for their health, promote their health, prevention of disease, improve their immune system.

2 breastfeeding is natural feeding providing by mother's breast to their infant.

If mother's breast milk not available than cow's milk is batter substitute.

Breast milk should be continued after 30 minute delivery of baby and compulsory for 6 month.

3. Pregnant women Lactatating women

Kilo calories 2500 2750

Protein 65 gm 75 gm

Fat 30 gm 45 gm

Calcium 1000 mg 1500 mg

Iron 40 mg. 30 mg

. Deficiency of nutrition causes malnourished children, growth retardation, poor immunity, infection, infant morbidity&mortality as well as mother anemia, maternal morbidity & mortality.

The nutrition is very important for woman, girls in reproductive age because they prepare themselves for conceive pregnancy, we also know that "a healthy mother give a healthy baby"

Thank you