Maternal and Child Nutrition

Maternal & Child Nutrition addresses fundamental aspects of nutrition and its outcomes in women and their children, both in early and later life, and keeps its audience fully informed about new initiatives, the latest research findings and innovative ways of responding to changes in public attitudes and policy. Drawing from global sources, the Journal provides an invaluable source of up to date information for health professionals, academics and service users with interests in maternal and child nutrition. Its scope includes pre-conception, antenatal and postnatal maternal nutrition, women’s nutrition throughout their reproductive years, and fetal, neonatal, infant, child and adolescent nutrition and their effects throughout life. Topics covered include:

-Physiological, sociocultural, psychological, economic and political aspects of nutrition

-Design, implementation and evaluation of maternal-child public health nutrition policies and interventions

-Health inequities and social determinants of health, including food insecurity

-Health economics including cost-effectiveness studies

-Behaviour change

-Nutritional needs of mothers and their children in health and disease

-Nutritional risk assessment

-Development of valid research and evaluation methods