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
• Behavior change
• Nutritional needs of mothers and their children in health and disease
• Nutritional risk assessment
• Development of valid research and evaluation methods

Open Access:

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Wiley

Product Type:

Journal

Author:

Moran, Victoria Hall; Perez-Escamilla, Rafael

ISSN:

1740-8695

Specialty:

• Nutrition & Dietetics
• Pediatrics

Language:

English

Update Frequency:

Quarterly

Coverage:

Vol 1 #1 (2005) - Present

Pdf Coverage:

Vol 1 #1 (2005) - Present

2023 Journal Impact Factor:

2.8 (Journal Citation Report, Web of Science Group)