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Nutrition in School-age Children: a Rationale for Revisiting Priorities by Jose M Saavedra; Andrew M Prentice is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract Middle childhood and early adolescence have received disproportionately low levels of scientific attention relative to other life stages, especially as related to nutrition and health. This is partly due to the justified emphasis on the first 1000 days of life, and the idea that early deficits and consequences may not be fully reversible. In addition, these stages of life may superficially appear less “eventful” than infancy or late adolescence. Finally, there has been historical ambiguity and inconsistency in terminology, depending on whether viewing “childhood” through physiologic, social, legal, or other lenses. Nevertheless, this age bracket, which encompasses most of the primary education and basic schooling years for most individuals, is marked by significant changes, inflection points, and sexually driven divergence in somatic and brain growth and development trajectories. These constitute transformative changes, and thus middle childhood and early adolescence represents a major and last opportunity to influence long-term health and productivity. This review highlights the specificities of growth and development in school age, with a focus on middle childhood and
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- Author
- Jose M Saavedra; Andrew M Prentice
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)