In honor of National Nutrition Month (US) in March, 1,000 Days is hosting our annual #March4Nutrition social media campaign. Join us on social media using the content below and make sure to include #March4Nutrition in your posts!
Weekly Focus Areas
- Week 1 (Mar 1–7): Why Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days Matters
- Week 2 (Mar 8–14): Women’s Nutrition
- Week 3 (Mar 15–21): Breastfeeding Support to Help Families Thrive
- Week 4 (Mar 22–28): Nutrition: One of the Best Buys in Global Development
- Week 5 (Mar 29–31): High-Impact Child Health Interventions: Vitamin A Supplementation and RUTF
Week 1
Post 1: The 1,000-day window — from pregnancy to a child’s 2nd birthday — shapes a lifetime. No matter where families live, every mother and child deserves the same essential building blocks for a healthy future: access to the nutrients they need to grow and thrive. #March4Nutrition Post 2: The first 1,000 days set the foundation for every day after. Kids, families, and economies thrive when we invest in nutrition. #March4Nutrition
Week 2
Post 1: Pregnancy increases nutrient needs by nearly 50%—and many women already start pregnancy with deficiencies. Daily Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) is a simple, proven tool to improve survival and healthy birthweights. By expanding access to MMS, we can help more women and children thrive. #March4Nutrition Post 2: Moms need a nutritious diet during pregnancy for the sake of their own health as well as that of their babies. A healthy diet during pregnancy helps ensure that a baby is born at a healthy weight—not too big or too small—which reduces the risks of complications at birth and future health problems. #March4Nutrition
Week 3
Post 1: Breastfeeding gives babies a strong start—antibodies, nutrition, healthy growth—and benefits moms too. But many who want to breastfeed can’t access the support they need. Ensuring moms have the support they need to breastfeed successfully is key to helping them meet their goals. #March4Nutrition Post 2: From the day a baby is born, breastfeeding gives them the very best start to life—and the benefits reach far into the future. Breastmilk is tailor-made for babies, providing all the vitamins, proteins and fats that they need for the first six months! Breastmilk also provides powerful antibodies that fight off illness and build babies’ immunity as well as probiotics that aid a baby’s digestion and help build a healthy digestive tract. #March4Nutrition
Week 4
Post 1: The first 1,000 days are the most effective time to invest in a child's nutrition and set them up for success for the rest of their lives. During this period, even small, targeted nutrition interventions can have an outsized impact, helping children to develop and grow to their full potential. Post 2: Fighting global malnutrition is one of the most cost-effective ways to save and improve lives. Ensuring all women and children have the nutrition they need to survive and thrive is a high-impact investment. #March4Nutrition
Week 5
Post 1: Two doses of Vitamin A each year protect children from blindness and deadly infections—but coverage remains too low. Scaling Vitamin A supplementation, along with supporting breastfeeding mothers, supplying all pregnant women with prenatal vitamins and expanding coverage of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), is among the smartest, most impactful investment we can make. #Power4 #March4Nutrition
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Created with an image by Sadaqat - "Top-Down Grid of Assorted Dry Legumes in Burlap Sacks – Rustic Market Style Food Photography"