Wednesday 14 December 2011

Nutrition and pregnancy: free virtual issue of the Nutrition Bulletin

The British Nutrition Foundation and the publishers Wiley-Blackwell have teamed up with the journal Maternal and Child Nutrition to produce a freely available, joint virtual issue of Nutrition Bulletin with the aim to provide up-to-date and consistent advice on nutrition and pregnancy.

This contains a detailed Briefing Paper on the topic of nutrition and pregnancy, which was published in 2006 and remains one of BNF’s most popular publications. However, since its publication, a number of changes have been made to dietary recommendations for pregnant women such as advice on alcohol, caffeine and peanut consumption during pregnancy and these are described in detail in the other papers that make up this virtual issue. 


These include:
·The developmental origins of adult disease.
·Diet during pregnancy can lead to obesity in offspring.
·Critical issues in setting micronutrient recommendations for pregnant women: an insight. 
·Nutrition in pregnancy
·Alcohol in pregnancy: is there a safe amount?
·New guidelines on caffeine in pregnancy
·Government advice revised – early life exposure to peanut no longer a risk factor for peanut allergy.
·Weight management before, during and after pregnancy – what are the ‘rules’?
·Assessment of weight changes during and after pregnancy practical approaches.
·Does birth spacing affect maternal or child nutritional status? A systematic review.
·Nutritional status in pregnant adolescents: a systematic review of biochemical markers.


This information would be useful information for teacher CPD or A-level and Advanced Higher students who are conducting research in this area.


To download the Briefing Paper or any of the other articles listed, go to: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/publications/bulletin/nutritionandpregnancy