The first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is a critical period of growth and development. Exposures to dietary, environmental, hormonal, and other stressors during this window have been associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, some of which are irreversible. The book addresses this crucial interval of early life across biological disciplines, linking concepts related to all biological fields to outcomes during the first 1,000 days (e.g. fetal growth and pregnancy outcomes) and beyond (e.g. gut microbiome and cardiovascular disease later in life). The strength of this book lies in its cross-disciplinary nature.
Contents
Series Preface.......................................................................................................... xiii
Preface......................................................................................................................xv
Acknowledgments...................................................................................................xvii
Editors......................................................................................................................xix
Contributors.............................................................................................................xxi
Section I Introduction
Chapter 1 The Importance of the First 1,000 Days: An Epidemiological
Perspective.............................................................................................3
Christine M. McDonald and Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman
Section II What Is Normal Growth?
Chapter 2 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards......................... 17
Mercedes de Onis
Section III Nutritional Requirements
in the Life Stages
Chapter 3 Nutrient Requirements and Recommendations during Pregnancy..... 35
Magali Leyvraz and Lynnette M. Neufeld
Chapter 4 Nutrient Requirements during Lactation............................................ 53
Victoria Hall Moran
Chapter 5 Nutrient Requirements of Infants and Young Children...................... 75
Minghua Tang, Kathryn G. Dewey, and Nancy F. Krebs
Section X Effective Interventions
during the First 1,000 Days
Chapter 24 Effectiveness of Nutrition-Specific Interventions in Pregnancy
and Early Childhood......................................................................... 371
Rebecca Heidkamp, Adrienne Clermont, and Robert E. Black
Chapter 25 Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions for the First 1,000 Days............... 389
Jessica Fanzo and Haley Swartz
Chapter 26 Global Progress in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement.......409
Tom Arnold
Section XI Before and Beyond the First 1,000 Days
Chapter 27 A Role for Preconception Nutrition.................................................. 423
Taylor Marie Snyder, Homero Martinez, Sara Wuehler,
and Luz Maria De-Regil
Chapter 28 Interpregnancy Intervals and Birth Spacing..................................... 439
Amanda Wendt and Usha Ramakrishnan
Chapter 29 Adolescent Nutrition: A Critical Opportunity for Intervention........ 457
Emily Mates and Anne Bush
Section XII Discovery Research
Chapter 30 Metabolomics and Proteomics: Methodological Advances to
Increase Our Knowledge of Biology during the First 1,000 Days.... 473
Richard D. Semba and Marta Gonzalez-Freire
Index.......................................................................................................................485