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Pregnancy: Complete nutrition guide for fertility, pregnancy and lactation
Distinguish the role of nutrition and lifestyle for optimising health at all stages of pregnancy.
Overview
Pregnancy: Complete Nutrition Guide for Fertility, Pregnancy and Lactation
The "Pregnancy: Complete Nutrition Guide for Fertility, Pregnancy, and Lactation" course offers a comprehensive overview of essential nutritional principles to support women before, during, and after pregnancy. Covering topics from optimal fertility nutrition to managing pregnancy symptoms and ensuring proper lactation, the course focuses on evidence-based dietary practices. Through real-life case studies, participants will explore critical nutrients, food choices, and supplements that promote maternal and infant health. This course is ideal for healthcare professionals who wish to enhance their expertise in maternal nutrition and improve patient outcomes.
What you will learn
- Recognise key clinical features and subtypes
- Develop practical treatment plans using topical, systemic and procedural options
- Identify triggers, patient factors and long-term management strategies
- Apply evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice
Course contents
Meet your presenter
Dr Kate Morgan
Academic, Bond University
Dr Kate Morgan has been an academic with Bond University since 2012. Her teaching with dietetics students has focused on food science and nutrition, and its application across dietetic practice. This has involved leading future dietitians on culinary investigations in the food lab as well as informative paddock-to-plate expeditions outside the university.
Kate recently completed her PhD in dietetics education, taking a national approach to exploring key stakeholders’ perspectives on dietetics workforce preparation and preparedness. Through her PhD, Kate authored six peer-reviewed publications and presented the findings of her research at conferences both nationally and internationally.
Prior to academia, Kate was a dietitian in the corporate sector. This involved working with multinational companies to enhance the nutritional profile of their products while maintaining palatability, meeting business needs and effectively communicating credible nutrition information to consumers.
Kate has been an Accredited Practising Dietitian and member of the Dietitians Association of Australia since 2008.
CPD hours
Accreditations
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
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