Comment on “Midwives’ Role in Providing Nutrition Advice during Pregnancy: Meeting the Challenges? A Qualitative Study”

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Arrish et al.

[1] reported some very interesting results in their qualitative study which are highly relevant to midwifery services throughout other countries in the world.

It is true that midwives, despite their struggle and sincere intention to provide the best possible nutrition advice to women during pregnancy, do not manage to completely meet all the challenges.

Arrish et al.

reported that the role of midwives was felt to be constrained by many factors mostly out of the midwives’ control.

They suggested changes in the policy of maternity services such as allowing more time for antenatal visits, creating permanent positions for dietitians in antenatal clinics, and developing free online nutrition models and training packages for practising midwives by the professional organisations.