WHAT YOU EAT AND DO IN THE FIRST 1000 DAYS
MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE1,2
AN INFANT'S ENVIRONMENT HAS MUCH MORE IMPACT ON FUTURE HEALTH THAN GENETICS
Environmental factors during critical periods (e.g. early childhood)can trigger mechanisms affecting health and disease.
It has been estimated that at most
only 20% of lifelong health
can be explained by inherited genes.
The rest, meaning at least 80% of disease risk
In later life is due to environment,
including nutrition and lifestyle.
References:
1. Gluckman & Hanson, 2004
2. Hooper et al, 2001
3. Godfrey et al, 2007
1. Gluckman & Hanson, 2004
2. Hooper et al, 2001
3. Godfrey et al, 2007
WHAT AN INFANT'S MOTHER EATS DURING PREGNANCY HAS STRONG LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF HER BABY
Dutch famine during world war 21-3
Famine in early pregnancy:
- Normal birth weight
- Increased risk of obesity, metabolic syndromes and diabetes in adulthood
Famine in late pregnancy
- Smaller children
- Increased risk of obesity and DM Type 2 in adulthood
South hampton (UK) study4-6
High carbohydrate diet early in pregnancy and low dairy protein diet in later pregnancy
- Neonatal thinness
- Higher risk of childhood obesity and metabolic abnormalities
Higher maternal status of omega 6 fatty acids in the late pregnancy
- Increased fat mass in children at 4 and 6 years of age
References:
1. Painter 2005
2. De Rooji 2006
3. Heigmans 2008
4. Godfrey 1997
5. Godfrey 2011
6. Moon 2013
1. Painter 2005
2. De Rooji 2006
3. Heigmans 2008
4. Godfrey 1997
5. Godfrey 2011
6. Moon 2013
Beeing Different:
How Early Nutrition can affect later life.
