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Lorenzo SB, Wilhite BC. 2017. Nutrition during preconception and pregnancy: Professional resource brief (upd. ed.). Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 1 p.

Annotation: This resource brief is designed to help consumers and professionals find nutrition assistance and information about good nutrition during pregnancy. Contents include evidence-based guidelines; training materials; and information on food safety, foods to avoid, folic acid, and WIC. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Bibliographies, Consumer education materials, Electronic publications, Nutrition, Preconceptional nutrition, Pregnancy, Women

Food and Drug Administration. 2012. Food safety for moms-to-be. Rockville, MD: Food and Drug Administration,

Annotation: This website provides information on food safety and preventing foodborne illness for pregnant women. Advice is provided for women before they get pregnant, during pregnancy, in addition to over a whole life cycle. More contents include a food-by-food guide, revised food handling guidelines, educator tools, resources for professionals, and brochures.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Disease prevention, Food safety, Maternal nutrition, Preconceptional nutrition, Pregnant women, Resources for professionals

North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health. [2001]. Pre-pregnancy vitamins: Maternal and child health fact sheet. Bismarck, ND: North Dakota Department of Human Services, Children's Special Health Services, 2 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet presents information about the importance of folic acid and other vitamins in a healthy pregnancy and the prevention of neural tube defects in three sections: the problem, the effects, and the response. Once chart compares statistics of women who took a vitamin supplement every day for three months prior to pregnancy between, all women and those who did and did not participate in the Womens, Infants, and Children Program. The response section describes steps the state is taking to improve the problem.

Keywords: Congenital abnormalities, Folic acid, North Dakota, Preconceptional nutrition, Prevention, State MCH programs, State initiatives, State initiatives, Vitamin supplements