Nutrition Resources for Women
Nutrition resources on pregnancy and breastfeeding, gestational diabetes, and other issues affection women's health.
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Gestational diabetes
- Carbohydrate Counting on Food Labels – Fact sheet
Reading food labels is useful for working out the carbohydrate amount of packaged foods. - Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes – Booklet
This booklet provides you with information on healthy eating to help keep your blood glucose within the normal range for the rest of your pregnancy. - Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes – Fact sheet
This factsheet is for women with gestational diabetes. It provides information on how to keep blood sugar (glucose) levels under control during pregnancy.
Chinese
- Carbohydrate Counting on Food Labels – Fact sheet (Chinese)
Reading food labels is useful for working out the carbohydrate amount of packaged foods. - Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes – Fact sheet (Chinese)
This factsheet is for women with gestational diabetes. It provides information on how to keep blood sugar (glucose) levels under control during pregnancy.
Vietnamese
- Carbohydrate Counting on Food Labels – Fact sheet (Vietnamese)
Reading food labels is useful for working out the carbohydrate amount of packaged foods. - Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes – Fact sheet (Vietnamese)
This factsheet is for women with gestational diabetes. It provides information on how to keep blood sugar (glucose) levels under control during pregnancy.
Arabic
- Carbohydrate Counting on Food Labels – Fact sheet (Arabic)
Reading food labels is useful for working out the carbohydrate amount of packaged foods. - Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes – Fact sheet (Arabic)
This factsheet is for women with gestational diabetes. It provides information on how to keep blood sugar (glucose) levels under control during pregnancy.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Nutrition for Pregnancy – Fact sheet
There is never a better time to start improving your eating habits than when you are planning a pregnancy or are pregnant. This fact sheet provides you with information on nutrition for you and your baby as well as safe foods and food hygiene practices for when you are pregnant. - Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) – Fact sheet
This fact sheet has information about how to express, store and transport Expressed Breast Milk (EBM). Breastmilk, including colostrum, is the best food for your baby. It helps your baby to be healthy and to fight infections. Your first milk is called colostrum. - Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) for Premature or Unwell Babies in Hospital – Fact sheet
This fact sheet provides you with information on how to safely express, store and transport your breast milk while your baby is an inpatient at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. - Expressed Breast Milk (EBM) for premature or unwell infants in hospital from a COVID positive or suspect mother – Fact sheet
- Nutrition for Breastfeeding – Fact sheet
This fact sheet provides you with information on nutrition for you and your baby when you are breastfeeding.
Fibre
- High Fibre Diet for Women – Fact sheet
Fibre is an important part of a healthy diet. Adults who have a low fibre diet are at risk of poor bowel health or associated problems, such as constipation or haemorrhoids. Adequate dietary fibre can reduce your risk of developing problems such as high cholesterol, heart disease, bowel cancers and diabetes.