Title V Nutrition Today and Tomorrow Suzanne Haydu, RD, MPH Chair, MCH Nutrition Council
Title V MCH Block Grant Long history including nutrition Nutrition continues to be an essential topic and discipline Many opportunities exist to incorporate nutrition
Nutrition in MCH Children with special health care needs Growth and development Breastfeeding Health promotion and disease prevention Healthy weight
MCH Nutrition Projects MCH Nutrition Specific Templates (WI) Blueprint for Nutrition & Physical Activity: Cornerstones of a Healthy Lifestyle (KS) Collaboration with WIC for Children with Special Health Care Needs (WI) Folic Acid Consumption Initiative (CA) Healthy Women’s Weight Action Learning Collaborative (CA)
MCH Nutrition Projects California In-Hospital Infant Feeding Practices Breastfeeding: Investing in California’s Future Birth and Beyond California Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Breastfeeding Template (WI)
Comprehensive MCH Nutrition Services Nutrition and physical activity across the lifespan including: preconception, pregnancy and postpartum Child and youth nutrition and feeding management Promotion of healthy weight at the community Systems building, policy, training, community-based research, surveillance, evaluation services and more 6
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