Promoting nutrition in breastfeeding women.
Nurses have a vital role in providing nutritional education to breastfeeding women. In this article, the authors discuss the nutritional requirements for breast-feeding women in terms of micronutrients, macronutrients, and minerals. They provide recommendations for women with vegetarian diets and low-income women enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program who may have dietary deficiencies, and they present a directed case study to provide an example of how to perform a dietary assessment and the educational support that may be offered by nurses to breastfeeding women.
Wilson
Patty R
PR
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. pdroque@aol.com
Pugh
Linda C
LC
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001942:Breast Feeding; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004522:Educational Status; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors