Many studies show that proper nutrition during pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation is the key to the mother's health and baby development. However, how to eat for the fetus to absorb nutrients, the mother's body quickly recovers and increases the quality of milk, and helps the baby develop comprehensively, is still a common question of many people.
With software to build nutritionally balanced menus for pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children from 7 months to 60 months old, Vietnamese mothers don't have to worry about daily menus for healthy babies and optimal development. The software was developed by Ajinomoto Vietnam Company in collaboration with the Department of Maternal and Child Health, with consultation, guidance, evaluation, and approval on the National Institute of Nutrition's nutrition expertise - Ministry of Health.

The software provides a nutritionally balanced menu bank based on nutritional standards approved by the National Institute of Nutrition. The Bank menu now includes 1,300 dishes and continues to grow in abundance to more than 2,500 dishes in the following years. The software also allows users to build a new nutritionally balanced menu by themselves, tailored to their conditions and preferences.
Besides, users can also use tools to monitor mother's and babies' health, check nutrition, health advice, nutrition, and much other helpful information.

All software menus are developed according to a systematic process for nearly three years, starting from studying culinary habits, defining standards and nutritional data, creating menus, calculating nutrition, processing instructions, experimentation and completion. Prepare dishes are consulted by many culinary experts, ensuring mother and baby's taste in all three areas: North, Central, and South.
To complete the menu, pregnant and nursing mothers are invited to participate in surveys, experiments, and comments. Software is currently provided for free at the website dinhduongmevabe.com.vn.
 

Video - Balanced nutritional menu builder for mothers and babies

Nutrition balanced menu builder software for pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children from 7 months to 60 months old.
 

Soon, with the advice, guidance, and professional support on the nutrition of the National Institute of Nutrition, the Department of Maternal and Child Health and Ajinomoto Vietnam Company will coordinate to deploy the software to medical staff. Directly take care of mothers and children's health at health facilities; pregnant women, lactating mothers, and those who care for mothers and children under five years of age nationwide.
The software is considered one of the efforts to improve the nutritional status and health of Vietnamese mothers and children, meaningful content in the national strategy on nutrition for the period 2011-2020, with a vision to the year 2030.