Nutrition During Pregnancy

Summary of a January 2020 workshop when the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies convened to explore where new evidence has emerged relevant to nutrition during pregnancy and lactation.

Find guidelines and resources for considering the nutrient needs of pregnant women below. Please also see these pages for specific resources:

• Gestational Diabetes
• Educating Pregnant Women
• Vegetarian Pregnancy

Find the updated guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy. See also:

• Report Brief: Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Re-examing the Guidelines
• Leveraging Action to Support Dissemination of Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines: Workshop Summary
• Implementing Guidelines on Weight Gain and Pregnancy

Weight gain recommendations by ACOG for pregnant women published in 2013 and reaffirmed in 2016.

FDA and EPA have issued advice regarding eating fish for women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, as well as breastfeeding mothers and parents of young children.

Locate books, brochures, kits, videos, and posters for use with staff and participants.