Poverty Articles
Nutrition first 1000 days
crucial factor to neurodevelopment mental health
obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, may be programmed by nutritional status during this period
The most active period of neurologic development, conception to 3rd year of life.
sensory, hippocampus, myelination, monoamine neurotransmitter, cortex, brain circuits,
malnutritionn includes undernutrition and obesity.
It will determine how the brain develops either normally or abnormally.
high calories and high protein affected tests of knowledge, numeeracy, reading, and vocabulary, and had faster reaction times,
importance of human milk and breastfeeding in brain development and to prevent obesity..
Programs: WIC,, SNAP, CACFP, Food pantries and soup kitchens, Home visiting programs, hospital initiatibe
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Can range from physical,emotional, sexual abuse to divorce and incarceration of a parent or guardian.
generally lead to behavior and health problems, obesity alcoholism and depression.
- Lived with a parent or guardian who got divorced or separated; 2. Lived with a parent or guardian who died; 3. Lived with a parent or guardian who served time in jail or prison; 4. Lived with anyone who was mentally ill or suicidal, or severely depressed for more than a couple of weeks; 5. Lived with anyone who had a problem with alcohol or drugs; 6. Witnessed a parent, guardian, or other adult in the household behaving violently toward another (e.g., slapping, hitting, kicking, punching, or beating each other up); 7. Was ever the victim of violence or witnessed any violence in his or her neighborhood; and 8. Experienced economic hardship “somewhat often” or “very often” (i.e., the family found it hard to cover costs of food and housing).
low income children
poverty level is half of what you actually need to support a family
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
nutrition during first 1000 days Weber
Without the proper mix of nutrients, young brains will not grow to their fullest potential, diminishing kids’ opportunities for the rest of their lives and perpetuating cycle of poverty.
A quarter of toddlers don’t receive enough iron, one in five children are obese, one in six households with children are food insecure, and more than half of infants participate in the federal Women, Infants, and Children program for supplemental nutrition
“Failure to provide key nutrients during this critical period of brain development may result in lifelong deficits in brain function despite subsequent nutrient repletion
over half of the nation’s infants are considered nutritionally at risk while being served by the WIC program
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.
Iron plays an important role.
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world.
19 out of 21 studies reported impaired mental, motor, socio-emotional, or neurophysiologic functioning in infants with iron deficiency anemia compared to infants without iron deficiency anemia
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