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Poverty Articles (Nutrition first 1000 days (crucial factor to…
Poverty Articles
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THe FIRsT 1,000 DAYs OF LIFe
poverty and its attendant condition, malnutrition, weaken this foundation, leading to earlier mortality and significant morbidities such as poor health, and more insidiously, substantial loss of neurodevelopmental potential.
negative effects of "overnutrition" in the form of obesity and risky nutrition in the form of unbalanced diets or diets contaminated with potential toxins. Each of these conditions can be considered "malnutrition" in the true sense of the word’s roots (bad nutrition) and each has been shown to potentially reduce brain development.
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plastic in its ability to recover from early insults and, hopefully, it is never too late to at least partially correct a deficit, the window of opportunity does narrow with advancing age
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low income children
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There are 73 million children in the United States. 39%—28.4 million—live in low-income families. 18%—12.8 million—live in poor families
employment, education, structure, age, ethnicity