The high profile of maternal and child nutrition has highlighted the need for a focused, well-respected and dedicated forum for the presentation of original research findings in this field. Maternal & Child Nutrition keeps the audience fully informed about new initiatives, the latest research findings and innovative ways of responding to changes in public attitudes. 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 infant nutrition.The scope of Maternal & Child Nutrition includes pre-conceptual nutrition, antenatal and postnatal maternal nutrition, women’s nutrition throughout their reproductive years, and fetal, neonatal, infant and child nutrition, up to and including adolescence.Topics covered include:Nutritional needs of mothers and their children in health and illnessPhysiological, socio-cultural, psychological, economic and political aspects of the nutrition of mothers and their childrenHealth promotionHealth educationHealth policy and assessment in practiceInter-agency initiatives and programmesConsideration of United Nations and other organisations’ activitiesFood safety, and related environmental and regulatory issuesDiscussion of foods for specific medical purposesFood and drink as health promotingStudies relating nutrition to health or disease risk in mothers and their childrenEvaluation of effectiveness of intervention studies aimed at improving healthRole of nutrition in healthy groups and in high risk and vulnerable groupsDevelopment of research methods, validation of measuresKeywordsnutrition, maternal, child, paediatrics, pediatrics, infant, baby, neonate, food, dietetics, obstetrics, midwifery, health

母嬰營養的高知名度突出了需要一個有重點、備受尊重和專門的論壇來介紹這一領域的原始研究成果。母嬰營養讓觀眾充分了解新的倡議、最新的研究發現和應對公眾態度變化的創新方式。該雜志借鑒全球資源，為對母嬰營養感興趣的保健專業人士、學者和服務用戶提供了寶貴的最新信息來源。母嬰營養的范圍包括概念前營養、產前和產后的母嬰營養、婦女在其整個生殖年的營養以及胎兒、新生兒、嬰兒和兒童營養，直至并包括青春期。所涉及的主題包括：健康和疾病中母親及其子女的營養需求母親及其子女營養的生理、社會文化、心理、經濟和政治方面健康促進健康教育實踐中的衛生政策與評價機構間倡議和方案審議聯合國和其他組織的活動食品安全及相關環境和監管問題特殊醫學用途食品的討論促進健康的飲食關于營養與母親及其子女健康或疾病風險的研究旨在改善健康的干預研究的有效性評估營養在健康人群、高危人群和弱勢群體中的作用研究方法的發展，措施的確認關鍵詞營養、母親、兒童、兒科、兒科、嬰兒、嬰兒、新生兒、食品、營養學、產科、助產、健康