Overview
- The proceedings of the first symposium to focus its attention purely on the post-natal period in terms of early life programming. There is much less information currently available than there is for fetal programming, and many new questions raised and numerous areas where further research is needed are highlighted
- Covers the full range of topics in this area and is organised into chapters which take the reader through the basic biology of early life development; the ways in which breast-milk and breast-feeding might ‘programme’ these processes by acting as modulators of development; and an examination of the epidemiological evidence that such effects do indeed exist
- Has an international context and perpective and contains previously unpublished data from leading groups in the field worldwide
- Contains synthesis and contants of special lectures on breast milk immunology and on the evolution of human lactation and complementary feeding not available anywhere else
- Includes updates on HIV and breast-feeding, early breastfeeding cessation and infant mortality in low-income countries, and the measurement of trace immune factors in human milk
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 639)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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About this book
Breast-Feeding: Early Influences on Later Health is a new book which draws together areas of research in early lifel programming of adult health, with a unique focus on the post-natal period in terms of early life programming particularly the extent to which differences in infant feeding practices can lay an indelible imprint on metabolism and behaviour, and hence affect later function and risk of disease. This is an area where there is much less information currently available than there is for fetal programming, and the book raises many new questions and highlights numerous areas where further research is needed. The book chapters are arranged in three core sections: Chapters 1-4 lay down some of the basic biology of early life development; Chapters 5-9 examine how breast-milk and breast-feeding might ‘programme’ these processes by acting as modulators of development; Chapters 10-17 examine the epidemiological evidence that such effects do indeed exist. In addition the book includes unique chapters on the Evolution of human lactation and complementary feeding, The Macy-György Prize Lecture ‘My Milky Way’, updates on HIV and Breast-Feeding and on Early breastfeeding cessation and infant mortality in low-income countries, and measuring trace immune factors in human milk, all important topics that have such a critical impact on child health and survival in many countries.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Breast-Feeding: Early Influences on Later Health
Editors: Gail Goldberg, Andrew Prentice, Ann Prentice, Suzanne Filteau, Kirsten Simondon
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8748-6Published: 01 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7978-7Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8749-3Published: 27 November 2008
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 428
Topics: Public Health, Human Physiology, Immunology, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, Epidemiology