| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 635 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I. Nutrition in early life: Mechanisms and impact on long term health -- Part II. Early nutrition and development of non-communicable diseases -- Part III. Promoting long-term health: Taking action in the first 1000 days |
| Summary |
Early Nutrition and Long-Term Health: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Opportunities, Second Edition updates and expands upon the content in the first edition and adds focus on actionable and modifiable aspects of nutrition that have an impact on long-term health and disease. Part I examines the associations and the mechanisms of early life nutrition on growth as well as the development of cognitive, metabolic, immune, and dietary patterns and behaviors. Part II reviews the associations and impact of early life nutrition on non-communicable disease as well as their societal and economic impact. Part III focuses on the dietary and nutritional needs and approaches to optimizing the different stages of nutrition, from conception to the second year of life. Nutritionists, pediatricians, academics with research interest in this area, and food industry and healthcare professionals working in infant/child product and services, as well as students studying related disciplines, will benefit from this updated reference.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Jose M. Saavedra, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a clinician, researcher, educator, with a long -term interest and dedication to the areas of pediatric nutritional care, microbiota, probiotics, disease prevention, and infant health. Anne M. Dattilo, PhD, RD, CDE, is a clinical dietician and investigator with longstanding dedication to the prevention of gestational diabetes and promotion of healthy infant nutrition. She currently oversees the scientific content of the Global First Thousand Days Nutrition Education Program at Nestlé Nutrition within her role as Associate Director of Nutrition Science |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Infants -- Nutrition.
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Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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Infants -- Nutrition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Saavedra, Jose M., editor.
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Dattilo, Anne, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780128244050 |
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0128244054 |
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