First 1000 days

Short description: Childcare concept

The first 1000 days is a concept in child development that public health interventions which support children during their first 1000 days of life are especially effective.

Good nutrition at this time affects many health outcomes.[1][2][3][4] There are various risk factors in the first 1000 days which, if present, are predictors of later obesity.[5][6][7]

Children establish many of their lifetime epigenetic characteristics in their first 1000 days.[8]

There are other health recommendations for what to do after the first 1000 days.[examples needed]

Stunted growth may be remedied (catch-up growth) by attainment of proper nutritional status. This is especially important in adolescent girls, where it may break a cycle of inter-generational underdevelopment.[9]

## References

1. ↑ Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane; Georgieff, Michael K. (February 2018). "Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days to Support Childhood Development and Adult Health". Pediatrics 141 (2): e20173716. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-3716. PMID 29358479.
2. ↑ Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Meyer, Alexa L. (1 October 2012). "Vitamins for the First 1000 Days: Preparing for Life". International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research 82 (5): 342–347. doi:10.1024/0300-9831/a000129. PMID 23798053.
3. ↑ Cusick, Sarah E.; Georgieff, Michael K. (August 2016). "The Role of Nutrition in Brain Development: The Golden Opportunity of the "First 1000 Days"". The Journal of Pediatrics 175: 16–21. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.013. PMID 27266965.
4. ↑ Burke, Rachel; Leon, Juan; Suchdev, Parminder (10 October 2014). "Identification, Prevention and Treatment of Iron Deficiency during the First 1000 Days". Nutrients 6 (10): 4093–4114. doi:10.3390/nu6104093. PMID 25310252.
5. ↑ Mameli, Chiara; Mazzantini, Sara; Zuccotti, Gian (23 August 2016). "Nutrition in the First 1000 Days: The Origin of Childhood Obesity". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13 (9): 838. doi:10.3390/ijerph13090838. PMID 27563917.
6. ↑ Blake-Lamb, TL; Locks, LM; Perkins, ME; Woo Baidal, JA; Cheng, ER; Taveras, EM (June 2016). "Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review.". American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50 (6): 780–789. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.11.010. PMID 26916260.
7. ↑ Woo Baidal, Jennifer A.; Locks, Lindsey M.; Cheng, Erika R.; Blake-Lamb, Tiffany L.; Perkins, Meghan E.; Taveras, Elsie M. (June 2016). "Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days". American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50 (6): 761–779. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.11.012. PMID 26916261.
8. ↑ Linnér, A; Almgren, M (March 2020). "Epigenetic programming-The important first 1000 days.". Acta Paediatrica 109 (3): 443–452. doi:10.1111/apa.15050. PMID 31603247.
9. ↑ Georgiadis, A; Penny, ME (September 2017). "Child undernutrition: opportunities beyond the first 1000 days.". The Lancet. Public Health 2 (9): e399. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30154-8. PMID 29253410.

## External links

* First 1000 Days, a UNICEF publication

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