title: [Prenatal and postnatal nutrition: long term impact on health].
abstract: Nutrition in early stages of life is one of the most influential environmental factors for the good development of organs and systems and the wellbeing of the child. Epigenetic mechanisms can explain how prenatal and postnatal nutrition affects genes expression with the subsequent risk of immune and metabolic diseases. The objective of this paper is to update the knowledge of the role the nutritional status and dietary practices of pregnant women and the child's feeding patterns over the first year of life have in the risk of future diseases.
authors.affiliation: Sección Gastroenterologia, Hepatología y Nutrición, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: María Del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Toca
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nutrición y Diabetes, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, CABA.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonietti
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neonatologia, Sanatorio Otamendi, CABA.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vecchiarelli
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011247:Pregnancy; D039401:Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D013997:Time Factors