Research progress in association of first thousand days in life and human health
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2019.20.019
- VernacularTitle: 生命早期一千天与健康关系研究进展
- Author:
Qi GAO
1
;
Liwei GAO
;
Baoping XU
;
Kunling SHEN
Author Information
1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Children′s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children′s Health, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing 100045, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Early days in life;
First thousand days;
Human health
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2019;34(20):1594-1597
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Early days in life can not only affect people′s physiology, immune system, metabolism and structural development, but also can alter body cell functions in long term, which in turn has an impact on human′s health and diseases both in short and long term.Thus, early days, especially the first thousand days in life play an important role in human health and is thought to be a key period for preventing certain diseases later in life, which is under heated investigation.However, the mechanisms for this impact are not clear.This review emphasizes the importance of the first thousand days in human life and elucidates its association with human health from multiple aspects.
