A Mother’s Diet

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30 Aug

Introducing a hearty and healthy eating habit to mothers

According to the field study and research by UNFAO, the majority of Myanmar pregnant and lactating women (PLW) are facing malnutrition as they lack knowledge about the variety of foods they have to eat.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. This project by UNFAO aimed to educate PLW in Myanmar on the importance of eating food variety, according to the Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG).

With
UNFAO

Objective
Design a nutritious, realistic, and affordable visual dietary guideline for pregnant and lactating women (PLW)

Demographic
Pregnant and lactating women and their families

Types of work
Design, Illustration

Themes
Nutrition

Key Design Elements

Food items were simplified and weaved into the lacquer pattern. Influenced by patterns often seen in Myanmar textiles, we created seven interwoven layers of patterns for each food group. This design approach aimed to provoke a sense of familiarity to draw the audience in. On the other hand, this is a reminder that eating variety could be as simple as mixing and matching different foods that were already easily available around the mothers. We presented the diet model as a visual diagram that contains different food groups and examples with suggested portions to educate pregnant and lactating mothers on dietary diversity. We created a poster with the diet model to be used as a quick reference.

Booklets

For more detailed in depth reference, we designed four booklets centered around the same diet model that contain detailed explanations of nutrition and dietary needs for PLW mothers.