# Prevention and nutrition

Front · id `maternal:front-prevention-and-nutrition` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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Browse, care area: Before pregnancy; Routine pregnancy care; The baby before birth  

## In plain language

Pages about steps taken before or during pregnancy to lower the chance of a problem: supplements, food, activity and stopping smoking.

## Technical summary

Navigation grouping for preventive measures around pregnancy, such as supplements, nutrition, physical activity and smoking cessation, filed here with part\_of. It is a way to browse. It makes no statement about whether anything in it works.

## Connected pages

- Includes: Neural tube defects (fetus) (`maternal:neural-tube-defects`)
- Includes: Iron supplementation and iron screening in pregnancy (`maternal:antenatal-iron-supplementation`)
- Includes: Folic acid supplementation before and in early pregnancy (`maternal:folic-acid-supplementation`)
- Includes: Physical activity in pregnancy (`maternal:physical-activity-in-pregnancy`)
- Includes: Help to stop smoking in pregnancy (`maternal:smoking-cessation-in-pregnancy`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 374ef6bcc8c452ddab53b5dd60bb74cac23dcee3d9d594482dc766f025ad7ced
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: Not recorded