Healthy Eating

Maternal and child nutrition

A multi-agency partnership between NHS North Somerset, North Somerset Council and Weston Area Health Trust has launched a guide to maternal and child nutrition to provide consistent advice and information to help reduce obesity in both children and pregnant women.

The guidelines aim to provide the guidance and information mothers and carers for young children need to ensure that they receive the best possible start in life. This will help to promote good nutrition for mums, dads, infants and pre-school children, which in turn will benefit general health, growth and development of the under fives in North Somerset.

One of the key underlying messages in the guidelines is that by creating a positive relationship with food in their early years, children are much more likely to develop – and maintain - healthy eating patterns.

guide to maternal and child nutrition (2.8Mb)

The guidelines have also been split into easy sections to download:

• Introduction and health data for North Somerset
• Pre-conception and pregnancy
• Infant feeding
• Feeding toddlers and pre-school children
• Appendix