Breastfeeding Contributes to Physiological Immune Programming in the Newborn

• Main Authors: Alberto Camacho-Morales (Author), Mario Caba (Author), Martín García-Juárez (Author), Mario Daniel Caba-Flores (Author), Rubí Viveros-Contreras (Author), Carmen Martínez-Valenzuela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The first 1,000 days in the life of a human being are a vulnerable stage where early stimuli may program adverse health outcomes in future life. Proper maternal nutrition before and during pregnancy modulates the development of the fetus, a physiological process known as fetal programming. Defective...