Lifelong nutrition and the control of noninfectious chronic diseases.
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20210731-00736
- Author:
Yu WANG
1
;
Hua JIANG
1
Author Information
1. Institute for Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610072, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adult;
Chronic Disease;
Humans;
Noncommunicable Diseases/prevention & control*;
Nutritional Status
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2022;56(2):154-158
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
During a person's entire life, nutrition is essential for growth, development, maintenance, reproduction, disease control and health. Based on a brief review of existing research on lifelong nutrition, this article focuses on the relationship between early life nutrition and noninfectious chronic diseases (NCDs) in adulthood. It points out that early life is the most important stage, with the rapid growth and development of the body and strong requirements for energy and nutrients. Due to the "metabolic memory", insufficient or imbalanced nutrition at this stage affects not only the growth and development of the body, but also leads to increased risks of NCDs in adulthood. In addition to early life, the reasonable intake of nutrients in throughout life plays an important role in meeting the basic requirements of the body and the control of NCDs.
