The possibility that nutrition in early life could influence
propensity to adult disease is of great concern to public health.
Extensive research carried out in pregnant women, in breastfeeding
women and in infants strongly suggests that nutrition in early life
has major effects on long-term health and well-being. Health
problems such as hypertension, tendency to diabetes, obesity, blood
lipids, vascular disease, bone health, behaviour and learning and
longevity may be a ~imprinteda (TM) during early life. This process
is defined as a ~programminga (TM) whereby a nutritional stimulus
operating at a critical, sensitive period of pre and postnatal life
imprints permanent effects on the structure, physiology and
metabolism.
For this reason, academics and industry set-up the EC supported
Scientific Workshop -Early Nutrition and its Later Consequences:
New Opportunities. The prime objective of the Workshop was to
generate a sound exchange of the latest scientific developments
within the field of early nutrition to look for opportunities for
new preventive health concepts. Further, a closer look was taken at
the development of food applications which could provide (future)
mothers and infants with improved nutrition that will ultimately
lead to better future health. The Workshop was organised by the
Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Munich, Germany in collaboration
with the Danone Institutes and the Infant Nutrition Cluster, a
collaboration of three large research projects funded by the
EU.
Many of the contributors have important roles to play in a new
EC supported integrated project: Early nutrition programming of
adult health (EARNEST) which will take place between 2005 and2010
and will involve more than 40 research centres. Further Workshops
on the same theme are planned as part of this project.
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