Is there research about what knowledge parents to be have about nutrition before pregnancy?
What guidance is there available from professionals about nutrition preconception.
Is more nutrition training needed for health professionals such as midwifes and GPs?
I think no.Nutriotion education is not given in school and colleges.Nutrition is a vast subject which needs to be understand properly by community
A large percentage of pregnant women do not get enough folinic acid, (folinezuur in Dutch). This increases the risk of spina bifida/hydrocephalus/anencephaly. The risk is not very high but it is a serious affliction. The advise is voor women to start taking folinic acid, 400 to 800 mcg per day, when planning or at risk of a pregnancy. If not done so then start as early as possible when you are or suspect to be pregnant.
No side-effects it is a vitamin. What should happen also of course that the dummy pills in a strip of contraceptive tablets should contain folinic acid. Then there is enough folinic acid in the body, if a woman gets pregnant on the pill which happens a lot because it is difficult not to forget the pill sometimes. Many women realize on the way to an exotic holiday that they forgot the strip and have problems organizing a new strip when arrived in a strange country.
Has there been much research into the level of preconception nutrition knowledge in adults of conception age within the UK? I can see studies in USA, Australia. My end goal is to ask young adults or adolescence, should there be more education before pregnancy on how we eat and how the foetus develops from fertilisation to infancy and how future health problems can be prevented?
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