Your child's nutrition - the importance of their first 1,000 days

The right nutrition during the first 1,000 days — 270 days of pregnancy and first two years of a child’s life — has a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow and develop normally.
British epidemiologist David Baker is a leading proponent of the ‘foetal origins’ of disease theory — that lifetime health is a product of the first 1,000 days. His research found a baby’s time in the womb can permanently affect everything from chances of developing diabetes or suffering heart attack in old age, to child’s future weight and life expectancy — food scarcity or poor pre-natal nourishment can weaken vital organs like the heart and odds of developing diabetes rise. He also found lower birth-weight babies more susceptible to heart attack in later life.