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SCN News No 11 - Maternal and Child Nutrition

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1994

Available in : English

This SCN News focuses on maternal and child nutrition. Birthweight, child growth and adolescent growth - all needing good nutrition - determine nutritional status before and during pregnancy. Therefore, maternal nutrition influences foetal growth and birthweight, of this and future generations.


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SCN News No 11 (PDF, 632.76Kb)

Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Complementary feeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Interventions, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and health/disease, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Undernutrition, general, Breastfeeding counseling, Breastfeeding counseling, Dietary recommendations, Double burden of malnutrition, Double burden of malnutrition, Healthy diet, International Code of Marketing of BMS, Iodine / IDD, Iron / Anaemia, Maternal undernutrition / LBW, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Nutritional requirements , Nutritional requirements, Specialized weaning foods, Underweight, Vitamin A / Night blindness

Life-cycle focus : Pregnancy, Lactation, Fetal development, Infancy, Adolescence, Intergenerational focus

Resource types : Newsletters

Locations : Ghana, India, Zambia

Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Household Food Security, Micronutrients, Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle