NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Neural Tube Defect, Leg Before Wicket
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Dohad = international society for developmental origins of health and disease: central importance: health of mother before pregnancy. Top 3 impacts on the health of the infant during pregnancy: (in the order of most importance: maternal weight gain (smolin, fig. *50% of pregnancies are unplanned women should take good care of their health even though they are not planning to become pregnant. Things that optimize pregnancy: adequate body stores (iron, folate, healthy body weight, avoidance of destructive lifestyle choices, (cid:858)the first 1000 days(cid:859) The first 2 years of life is very i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)tial o(cid:374) the (cid:271)a(cid:271)y(cid:859)s long-term health. Other influencing factors: maternal age: <17 or >35 increases risk of premature birth, anemia. In the first trimester, there are irreversible events that needs to happen to the baby that must go without problems. Gaining sufficient weight is very important if we are young.
