Early Nutrition and Long-Term Health

Mechanisms, Consequences, and Opportunities

2nd Edition

Jose Saavedra, Anne Dattilo
Elsevier
650 pages
ISBN: 9780128243893
August 2022

This updated and expanded edition 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. It reviews the associations and impact of early life nutrition on non-communicable disease as well as their societal and economic impact. Lastly, it focuses on the dietary and nutritional needs and approaches to optimizing the different stages of nutrition, from conception to the second year of life.