About Course

The Postgraduate Course in Maternal and Child Nutrition trains professionals of excellence to provide nutritional assistance to pregnant women, nursing mothers, newborns, healthy children and adolescents, as well as individuals with various pathologies. With a comprehensive and humanized vision, the course uses diet therapy during outpatient or hospitalization follow-up.

This specialization meets a market demand and is the result of an increasingly frequent concern in society. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), care during pregnancy, childbirth and nutritional care in childhood are essential for the health of the individual throughout the rest of their life. This makes the specialist in Maternal and Child Nutrition an essential professional in the present and in ensuring a better future for the population.

The program has more than 480 hours of teaching, with theoretical classes taught by leading experts and supervised practice at the Institute for Children and Adolescents (ICr HCFMUSP). Live the experience of studying at the largest hospital in Latin America!