Early Life Nutrition
| Autor: | Susan Finn, William J. Snelling, Eamonn P. Culligan, Roy D Sleator |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Feeding Methods media_common.quotation_subject Breastfeeding Disease Breast milk Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health Humans Medicine Quality (business) Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena media_common 2. Zero hunger 030109 nutrition & dietetics Multidisciplinary business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Infant Formula Bottle Feeding 3. Good health Breast Feeding Infant formula business Nutritive Value |
| Zdroj: | Science Progress. 101:332-359 |
| ISSN: | 2047-7163 0036-8504 |
| Popis: | Nutritionally, the first 1,000 days of an infant's life – from conception to two years – has been identified as a highly influential period, during which lasting health can be achieved. Significant evidence links patterns of infant feeding to both short and long-term health outcomes, many of which can be prevented through nutritional modifications. Recommended globally, breastfeeding is recognised as the gold standard of infant nutrition; providing key nutrients to achieve optimal health, growth and development, and conferring immunologic protective effects against disease. Nevertheless, infant formulas are often the sole source of nutrition for many infants during the first stage of life. Producers of infant formula strive to supply high quality, healthy, safe alternatives to breast milk with a comparable balance of nutrients to human milk imitating its composition and functional performance measures. The concept of ‘nutritional programming’, and the theory that exposure to specific conditions, can predispose an individual's health status in later life has become an accepted dictum, and has sparked important nutritional research prospects. This review explores the impact of early life nutrition, specifically, how different feeding methods affect health outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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