Support of healthy eating habits through activities of maternity centres

The aim of this thesis is to map the activity of maternity centres in order to find out whether their programme includes the issue of children nutrition and the promotion of healthy eating habits. The work also analyses the awareness of maternity centres clients of the nutrition of children under three years of age and finds out whether the clients receive some information about this issue through the centre's activities. The theoretical part summarises the knowledge of nutrition experts of children under three years of age and the formation of nutritional habits. The practical part presents the development and results of the research in the maternity centres. Keywords: newborn nutrition, infant nutrition, toddler nutrition, eating habits, maternity centr