Society guideline links: Nutrition and supplements in pregnancy

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies" and "Society guideline links: Vitamin D deficiency" and "Society guideline links: General prenatal care" and "Society guideline links: Pregnancy in women with obesity".)

Links to guidelines related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Obstetric and neonatal health care" and "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Nutritional interventions – Multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy, update (2020)

•WHO: Nutritional interventions ─ Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy, update (2020)

●WHO: Essential nutrition actions – Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course (2019)

●WHO: Recommendation on calcium supplementation during pregnancy for prevention of pre-eclampsia and its complications (2018)

●WHO: Guideline on the use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women (2016)

●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Recommendations on adolescent, preconception, and maternal nutrition – "Think nutrition first" (2015)

Canada

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Clinical practice guideline for Canadian consensus on female nutrition – Adolescence, reproduction, menopause, and beyond (2016)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline on pre-conception folic acid and multivitamin supplementation for the primary and secondary prevention of neural tube defects and other folic acid-sensitive congenital anomalies (2015)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on vitamin D – Screening and supplementation during pregnancy (2011, reaffirmed 2017)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects – Preventive medication (2017)

●American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG): Practice guidelines policy statement on folic acid and neural tube defects (2011)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on maternal and child nutrition (2015)

●NICE: Public health guideline on maternal and child nutrition (2008, updated 2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●Department of Health, Government of South Australia (SA Health): South Australian perinatal practice guideline – Vitamin D status in pregnancy (2019)

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Vitamin and mineral supplementation and pregnancy (2019)

●SA Health: South Australian perinatal practice guideline – Vitamin and mineral supplementation in pregnancy (2015)

●Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS): Vitamin D and health in pregnancy, infants, children, and adolescents in Australia and New Zealand – A position statement (2013)