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[Long-term effect of nutrition in early infancy]. 1996

S Kolacek, and J Grgurić

Klinika za pedijatriju, Klinika za djecje bolesti Zagreb.

Results of different studies performed in the last ten years stress the possibility that infant nutrition is the important determinant of later development, and that many adult chronic diseases may have the origins in the very first few years of life. According to the hypothesis of "long-term programming", if the lack of nutrients was present in the critical phase of human development it will have a long-lasting or permanent effect on the final outcome. This paper is the review of the latest findings and the present state of knowledge about the possible permanent influences of general undernourishment, lack of some nutrients and the type of infant nutrition on a) psychomotor development, b) development of chronic diseases in children, and c) development of chronic diseases in late adulthood.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007225	Infant Food	Food processed and manufactured for the nutritional health of children in their first year of life.	Food, Infant,Foods, Infant,Infant Foods
D007227	Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena	Nutritional physiology of children from birth to 2 years of age.	Infant Nutrition Physiology,Nutrition Physiology, Infant,Complementary Feeding,Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomenon,Infant Nutritional Physiology,Supplementary Feeding,Complementary Feedings,Feeding, Complementary,Feeding, Supplementary,Feedings, Complementary,Feedings, Supplementary,Nutritional Physiology, Infant,Physiology, Infant Nutrition,Physiology, Infant Nutritional,Supplementary Feedings
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D002318	Cardiovascular Diseases	Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM.	Adverse Cardiac Event,Cardiac Events,Major Adverse Cardiac Events,Adverse Cardiac Events,Cardiac Event,Cardiac Event, Adverse,Cardiac Events, Adverse,Cardiovascular Disease,Disease, Cardiovascular,Event, Cardiac
D002657	Child Development	The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.	Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015362	Child Nutrition Disorders	Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition, occurring in children ages 2 to 12 years.	Child Malnutrition,Nutrition Disorders, Child,Child Overnutrition,Malnutrition in Children,Malnutrition, Child,Child Nutrition Disorder,Nutrition Disorder, Child,Overnutrition, Child