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Maternal and child nutrition

Public health guideline [PH11] Published: 26 March 2008 Last updated: 01 November 2014

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  • Introduction
  • Key priorities
  • Public health need and practice
  • Considerations
  • Recommendations
  • Recommendations for research
  • Glossary
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  • Appendix A: Membership of the Programme Development Group, the NICE Project Team and external contractors
  • Appendix B: Summary of the methods used to develop this guidance
  • Appendix C: The evidence
  • Appendix D: Gaps in the evidence
  • Appendix E: Supporting documents
  • Finding more information and committee details
  • Update information
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Update information

November 2014: Recommendation 3 in this guideline was replaced by NICE's guideline on vitamin D: supplement use in specific population groups.

July 2011: Recommendations 14, 17 and 20 in this guideline amended to be consistent with UK World Health Organization growth charts (2009) and advice from the Department of Health on bottle feeding (2011).

ISBN: 978-1-4731-6208-2