Importance of Growth for Health and Development

Importance of Growth for Health and Development

von: A. Lucas, M. Makrides, E.E. Ziegler

Karger, 2010

ISBN: 9783805593052 , 265 Seiten

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Importance of Growth for Health and Development


 

Cover

1

Contents

5

Preface

7

Foreword

9

Contributors

11

Introduction

15

Growth and Later Health: A General Perspective

15

Abstract

15

Programming

16

Programming of Obesity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

16

Early Growth and the Brain

18

Windows for Programming by Early Growth

21

Mechanisms for Programming Effects

22

Future Perspectives

22

References

22

Discussion

23

13Growth, Obesity and CV Outcomes

27

Early Infancy as a Critical Period for Development of Obesity and Related Conditions

27

Abstract

27

Acknowledgements

33

References

33

Discussion

34

References

37

Leptin, Nutrition, and the Programming of Hypothalamic Feeding Circuits

39

Abstract

39

Introduction

39

Importance of the Hypothalamus in Regulating Feeding and Energy Balance

40

Development of Hypothalamic Feeding Circuits

41

Factors Influencing Hypothalamic Development

42

Conclusions

47

Acknowledgments

47

References

48

Discussion

49

References

52

Early Growth and Ageing

55

Abstract

55

Introduction

55

Epidemiological Data

56

Thrifty Phenotype Hypothesis

56

Accelerated Early Postnatal Growth

56

Animal Models

57

Global Caloric Restriction

57

Intrauterine Artery Ligation

58

Hypoxic Model

58

Maternal Iron Restriction

58

Glucocorticoid Overexposure

58

Maternal Protein Restriction

59

Mechanisms Linking Early Growth and Ageing

60

Conclusion

62

References

63

Discussion

64

References

67

Does Early Growth Affect Long-Term Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease?

69

Abstract

69

Introduction

69

Evidence from Animal Models

70

Evidence from Humans

70

Mechanisms

75

Public Health Implications

76

Conclusions

76

References

77

Discussion

78

References

83

Developing World Perspective:The Importance of Growth for Short-Term Health

85

Abstract

85

Introduction

85

Why Is Poor Child Growth Related to Increased Morbidity and Mortality?

87

Extent of Malnutrition, Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries

88

Epidemiologic Evidence Relating Stunting and Wasting to Subsequent Morbidity and Mortality

88

Benefits of Catch-Up Growth

90

Conclusion: Future Research Needs for Evaluating the Tradeoffs

91

References

91

Discussion

93

References

97

Growth and Neurological Development

99

Postnatal Growth and Development in the Preterm and Small for Gestational Age Infant

99

Abstract

99

References

108

Discussion

110

References

112

Interrelationship between Growth and Development in Low and Middle Income Countries

113

Abstract

113

Introduction

113

Methods

114

LBW and Development

115

Postnatal Growth and Development

118

Control for Confounding in Studies of Growth and Development

126

Relative Importance of Prenatal vs. Postnatal Growth for Child Development Outcomes

127

Appropriate Analytic Approaches to Assess the Relative Importance of Growth across Periods

128

Review of Studies That Used Appropriate Methods for Assessingthe Relative Importance of Prenatal vs. Postnatal Growth onChild Development

128

Possible Mechanisms Liking Growth Retardation and Poor Development

129

Conclusions

130

References

130

Discussion

132

References

134

Role of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Neurodevelopmentand Growth

137

Abstract

137

Type of LCPUFA Supplementation

138

When to Supplement with LCPUFA

142

Dose of LCPUFA

143

How Does DHA Work and Does This Relate to DHA Dose?

144

References

145

Discussion

147

References

150

Growth and Development of the Brainand Impact on Cognitive Outcomes

151

Abstract

151

Brain Development and Growth Visualized by Magnetic Resonance Imaging

152

Microstructural Brain Development by DTI

155

Developing WM Connectivity

156

Imaging and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

158

References

161

Discussion

163

Reference

165

Benefits and Harms of IronSupplementation in Iron-Deficientand Iron-Sufficient Children

167

Abstract

167

Introduction

167

Anemia

168

Brain Development

169

Growth

170

Infections

171

Interactions with Other Minerals

172

Mode of Administration

174

Conclusions

174

References

175

Discussion

176

References

179

Physical Growth and Body Composition

181

Effects of Selective Dropout on Infant Growth Standards

181

Abstract

181

Introduction

181

Data

183

Statistical Methods

183

Results

184

Discussion

185

Acknowledgements

188

References

188

Discussion

189

References

193

The 2000 Centers for Disease Controland Prevention Growth Charts: Several Insights after 8 Years

195

Abstract

195

Development of the 2000 CDC Growth Charts

196

Infant Charts and Data between Birth and 3 Months

198

BMI and Extreme Percentiles

204

Conclusion

205

References

206

Discussion

207

References

209

Growth Charts Compared

211

Abstract

211

Methods

212

Results

213

Discussion

220

References

223

Discussion

224

References

226

Body Composition in Infancy: Impacton Health Later in Life

227

Abstract

227

Introduction

227

Body Composition Methods and Models

228

Body Composition during Early Infancy

231

References

234

Discussion

235

References

238

Endocrinology of Growth

239

Abstract

239

Why Do Animals Grow?

239

What Causes Animals to Grow?

241

IGF Structure

241

Targeted Disruption of the IGF Genes

242

GH Receptor

244

IGF Deficiency

245

Therapeutic Implications

246

References

247

Discussion

248

Concluding Remarks

253

Subject Index

261