Diana Schnee, Christina DeTallo, Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, Senthilkumar Sankararaman
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Abstract
Purpose of review: Optimal nutrition is important across all age groups. However, nutrition provision during early years of life is more crucial and any aberrations in this period could lead to long lasting consequences. The first 1000 days starting from conception to the second birthday is the period of maximum growth velocity and brain growth and suboptimal nutrition in this period should be avoided at all cost.
Recent findings: Feeding and nutritional optimization in the early stages of life provides a critical window of opportunity. Implementation of nutritional interventions can be challenging in this age group due to multiple factors such increased nutritional needs, environmental circumstances, and feeding difficulties. Interventions should focus on improving maternal/fetal, infant, child, and adolescent nutrition so that every child can reach her or his full potential of growth and development. Interventions should be simple, sustainable, socio-culturally acceptable and should begin in the fetal period.
期刊介绍:
This journal aims to provide comprehensive review articles that emphasize significant developments in nutrition research emerging in recent publications. By presenting clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to discuss the influence of nutrition on major health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity, as well as the impact of nutrition on genetics, metabolic function, and public health. We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas across the field. Section Editors select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. We also provide commentaries from well-known figures in the field, and an Editorial Board of more than 25 internationally diverse members reviews the annual table of contents, suggests topics of special importance to their country/region, and ensures that topics and current and include emerging research.