The first 500 days of life: policies to support maternal nutrition

• Main Authors: John B. Mason (Author), Roger Shrimpton (Author), Lisa S. Saldanha (Author), Usha Ramakrishnan (Author), Cesar G. Victora (Author), Amy Webb Girard (Author), Deborah A. McFarland (Author), Reynaldo Martorell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: From conception to 6 months of age, an infant is entirely dependent for its nutrition on the mother: via the placenta and then ideally via exclusive breastfeeding. This period of 15 months - about 500 days - is the most important and vulnerable in a child's life: it must be protecte...