Chairperson:
Judy Zunk, M.S., R.D.

Charge:
To provide a means to coordinate relationships between persons and programs involved with perinatal nutrition and to otherwise promote quality assurance in perinatal nutrition.

Order Publications:
Perinatal Nutrition: Criteria for Quality Assurance and Workshop Manual

Breastfeeding Mother & Infant Criteria Set and Perinatal Outcomes
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Wisconsin Breastfeeding Coalition Position Statement
 The Wisconsin Breastfeeding Referral Directory is intended to provide a listing of local referral sources. The persons listed in the directory have diverse breastfeeding expertise. The health professional backgrounds, in particular nutritionist, nurse, and physician, are essential in providing the needed breastfeeding promotion and support from preconception to weaning from the breast or breast milk. It is hoped that the compilation of breastfeeding promotion and support expertise statewide will assist in the referral process and in the networking of service providers.

Links:
The Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care supports breastfeeding as the method of choice for infant nutrition. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises that infants be exclusively breast fed for the first 6 months of life. The World Health Organization has a similar recommendation in its policy statement on infant feeding. Visit their websites to read the policy statements in their entirety.

American Academy of Pediatrics:
www.aap.org

The World Health Organization:
http://www.who.int/nut/#inf

On the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services website you will find a series of nutrition fact sheets for health care professionals. They communicate up-to-date nutrition recommendations that are used within the WIC and Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs. The fact sheets include Infant Feeding for Full-Term Infants; WIC Formulas for Infants and Children; Gestational Diabetes; and Folate and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects.  
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/dph_info/bfch/WICPRO/Nutrition/nutrition_fact_sheets.htm

The U. S. Department of Agriculture has an extensive reference list on nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The references are reviewed by practicing professionals in the field. They contain accurate nutrition information and are available nationwide..
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000049.html

“Gaining and Growing: Assuring Nutritional Care of Preterm Infants” is a virtual textbook for providers and parents who need to understand feeding and growth in premature infants after hospital discharge.
http://staff.washington.edu/growing/