ANT220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mosquito Net, Underweight, Hand Washing
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At key periods of development, measures of growth are indicators of both individual and population health: Reflects prior health of both mother and father. Reflects fetal environment for 38 weeks gestation. 1st trimester - rapid cellular proliferation and tissue differentiation. 2nd trimester rapid skeletal and linear growth building the frame . 3rd trimester rapid growth in weight and deposition of fat, maturation of circulatory, respiratory, in particular, reflects mother"s nutritional environment during final trimester of pregnancy and gastrointestinal systems. Maternal energy requirements as high as 466 kcal/day. 80% of birthweight accumulated during this period (wiley & allen 2013) Birthweight is a measure of the resources an infant possesses to withstand the energetic shock of birth and early infancy respiration cardiac function. For the first time, infant must accomplish: At the same time, infant is developing immune competence (not well established before 6 temperature regulation months)
