REPORT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: THE INTERNATIONAL WОRLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CONSULTATION ON NUTRITION AND PREGNANCY (27-28 June 2016, RIGA, LATVIA)
27-28 June 2016, Riga, Latvia hosted the International WHO consultation on nutrition and pregnancy, with participation of experts in the field of maternal and child health and the WHO Collaborating Centers from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Italy, the UK, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Armenia and Moldova. The key problems of women's health and nutrition, according to speakers from different countries are the following: the growth of overweight and obesity among women, excessive weight gain during pregnancy, low rates of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months after birth, micronutrient deficiency, lack of awareness of health care professionals healthy nutrition of reproductive age women and the risks of obesity before and during pregnancy, the need for national guidelines on maternal, infant and child nutrition.
The key event of the meeting was an official presentation and discussion of the report “Good Maternal Nutrition: the Best Start in Life” developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The report offers a systematic review of the most recent data on nutrition, obesity and noncommunicable diseases among women before and during pregnancy. The report contains recommendations for stakeholders to address important issues of improving women's nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
At the meeting to Latvia presented its experience on the development of national guidelines on nutrition of women before and during pregnancy.
Recommendations and proposals for further action at the national level and across regions:
1. Distribution of the WHO report: Present and discuss the report “Good Maternal Nutrition: the Best Start in Life” developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
2. Creation of work groups in the Ministries of health to develop and periodically update national guidelines on nutrition of women in preconception period, during pregnancy and breastfeeding, based on scientific evidence and harmonized with WHO recommendations.
3. Raising public and health professionals’ awareness about the importance of healthy diet for women before and during pregnancy.
4. An analysis of national data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among reproductive age women, or in the absence of such data, implementation of the research for monitoring these indicators.
Zhamilya Е. Battakova, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7302-4634
Saltanat B. Mukasheva, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-6669
Shynar Z. Abdrakhmanova, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3504-0427
National Centre for problems of healthy lifestyle development,
Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
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