Maternal and child nutrition: nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years

Supporting evidence

• Other supporting evidence

• Methods (PDF 436 KB)

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  15 January 2025

• Evidence review

• Evidence reviews

• A: High-dose folic acid supplementation before and during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy (PDF 1.32 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• B: Optimum folic acid supplementation dose before and during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy for those with a BMI 25 kg/m2 or more (PDF 919 KB)

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  15 January 2025

• C: Interventions to increase uptake of folic acid supplementation before and during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy (PDF 1.85 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• D: Optimum vitamin D dose during pregnancy for those medically classified as being in the overweight or obesity weight categories (PDF 1017 KB)

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  15 January 2025

• E: Interventions to increase uptake of vitamin supplements (including Healthy Start vitamins) in line with government advice (PDF 1.16 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• F: Healthy and appropriate weight change during pregnancy (PDF 3.8 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• G: Interventions for helping to achieve healthy and appropriate weight change during pregnancy (PDF 5.73 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• H: Healthy lifestyle interventions for those with gestational diabetes (PDF 3.63 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• I: Interventions to increase uptake of healthy eating and drinking advice during pregnancy (PDF 1.74 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• J: Approaches and interventions for maintaining breastfeeding beyond 8 weeks after birth (PDF 3.05 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• K: Facilitators and barriers for maintaining breastfeeding beyond 8 weeks after birth (PDF 1.8 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• L: Facilitators and barriers to follow existing government advice on safe and appropriate formula feeding (PDF 1.2 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• M: Facilitators and barriers to continue breastfeeding when returning to work or study (PDF 1.4 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• N: Interventions to promote appropriate and timely introduction to solids (complementary feeding) for babies from 6 to 12 months (PDF 1.65 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• O: Interventions to promote healthy eating and drinking practices, including complementary feeding, in children from 12 months to 5 years (PDF 5.06 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• P: Facilitators and barriers to increase the uptake of government advice on folic acid and vitamin supplements (PDF 1.29 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• Q: Facilitators and barriers to increase the uptake of government advice on healthy eating and drinking in pregnancy (PDF 2.1 MB)

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  15 January 2025

• R: Facilitators and barriers to increase the uptake of government advice on appropriate and timely introduction to solids and healthy eating and drinking in children (PDF 2.49 MB)

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  15 January 2025