Nutrition & Fitness

Core Competencies Covered

  • Nutritional requirements during pregnancy and postpartum
  • Nutritional assessment
  • Appropriate gestational weight gain
  • Vitamins, minerals, and supplementation
  • Prevention and management of nutritional deficiencies
  • Exercise and physical activity
  • Food safety
  • Environmental and dietary exposures

Skills Introduced, Practiced & Initially Verified

  • Perform a basic nutritional assessment
  • Identify nutritional risk factors
  • Provide nutrition and supplementation education
  • Provide evidence-informed exercise recommendations
  • Recognize nutritional concerns requiring consultation or referral

Professional Standards Alignment
MEAC/NARM: 3.15, 3.19, 3.21–3.22, 3.26, 3.41, 3.54; 5.7, 5.32
Additional Alignment: MANA prenatal health-promotion competencies
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