To understand the importance of healthy maternal and child nutrition, to determine the physiological, metabolic and endocrine changes during pregnancy and lactation and their interactions with nutrition, to determine the physiological and metabolic changes in infants, preschool and school-age children and adolescents and their interactions with nutrition, to determine energy and nutrient requirements, learn the principles of adequate and balanced nutrition, interpret education and practices related to clinical and community nutrition, and apply them in practice.

The importance of maternal and child nutrition in the world and in Turkey, physiological changes, problems and nutritional requirements during pregnancy and lactation, nutrition for infants aged 0-1 years, breast milk, complementary feeding and infant formulas, characteristics of children aged 1-3 years (toddlers) and 3-5 years (preschool/nursery), energy and nutrient requirements, characteristics of children aged 6-12 (school age), energy and nutrient requirements, characteristics of the adolescent period, energy and nutrient requirements, nutrition-related problems of children and adolescents, solutions and dietary treatment.