Background Maternal nutrition during pregnancy affects the health of the mother and the
baby. Midwives are ideally placed to provide nutrition education to pregnant women. There …

Aim: The importance of nutrition for a healthy pregnancy is well established. In New
Zealand, the majority of women choose midwives as their maternity provider. Therefore, it is …

Educating midwives to provide nutrition advice is essential. Limited research focuses on
midwives' nutrition education. This paper explores self‐reported nutrition education received …

Objective: to explore midwives' education in, knowledge of and attitudes to nutrition in
pregnancy. Design: survey using questionnaire and interview schedule. Participants: a …

Objectives This review explored the extent to which the role of midwives in nutrition
education during pregnancy has been reported in the literature and areas requiring further …

This study explored the Australian midwives' role in the provision of nutrition advice. Little is
known about their perceptions of this role, the influence of the model of care, and the …

Objectives This study explored nutrition knowledge of pregnant women, and how it
correlated with participant characteristics, their main sources of information and changes to …

A healthy diet during pregnancy is essential for normal growth and development of the
foetus. Pregnant women may obtain nutrition information from a number of sources but …

Background Dietary intake of pregnant women do not appear to meet the dietary
recommendations. Nutrition knowledge and practices of pregnant women and their …

Background Maternal diets are not consistent with dietary guidance and this may affect the
health of mothers and their infants. Nutrition knowledge and motivation may be important …