Selected Canadian experiences directed to the improvement of maternal health and better birth outcome through nutritional enhancement are outlined. These experiences range from a pioneering food supplementation program in a clinical setting first reported from Toronto in 1942 to a combined pregnancy and pre-conception program about to begin in Calgary. The long-standing Canadian program for legislated food enrichment, the strategy of physician education by means of the adoption of an official position paper by organized medicine, and a trial use of television media supported by the issuance of a free attractive publication, are all described.Intensive educational programs using computerized nutritional analysis in Vancouver designed to complement clinical care, outreach programs in urban and rural settings, using non-professional staff selected from immigrant groups and low income sectors of society, are described as useful and effective strategies and a new program planned for Calgary, Canada, is outlined embodying all the foregoing strategies.
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