tailieunhanh - Environmental Impact on Child Health

Conditions experienced early in life or in utero have been shown to have persistent and long- term effects on health, education, and socioeconomic outcomes (see seminal work by Stein et al. (1975) and more recent papers by Maccini and Yang (2009) and Maluccio et al. (2009)). Barker (1998) argues that health shocks suffered in utero can cause irreversible adaptations to the local food environment and that children cannot catch up even if they later have good nutrition and health care. Consequently, shocks that negatively impact a child’s growth trajectory may lead to lower adult height, less cognitive ability and education, lower. | Cataloguing by the PAHO Library Pan American Health Organization Chelala Cesar. Environmental impact on child health. Washington . PAHO 2000. 36 ISBN 92 75 12265 2 I. Title. 1. Environmental health. 2. Child health Public Health . 3. Child welfare. 4. Environment and public health. 5. Risk factors. NLM WA30 The author wishes to thank Mrs. Suzana Cavalcanti Mrs. Janet Khoddami and the technical staff of the Division of Health and Environment for their collaboration in the preparation of this publication. Design Photos Armando Waak PAHO WHO Carlos Gaggero p. 20 30 Miki Fernandez p 21 PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION World Health Organization Division of Health and Environment Environmenta Impact on Child Health Dr. Cesar Chelala 525 Twenty-third Street NW Washington DC 20037 . PAHO WHO February .