Outline:
1. What are the 1st 1,000 days of life?
2. Role of nutrition in pregnancy
3. Child’s brain development during pregnancy
4. Role of pre-pregnancy nutrition
5. Importance of mother’s diet during pregnancy
6. Neural tube defects
7. Effect of the rate of mother’s weight gain during pregnancy
8. Importance of mother’s lifestyle during pregnancy
9. Role of nutrition in infancy
10. Brain development during infancy
11.Benefits of exclusive breastfeeding during the 1st six months of life
12. Role of nutrition in toddlerhood
13. Development of a toddler’s brain.
14. Importance of iron
15. Importance of complementary feeding after 6 months of age
16. The continuous cycle of malnutrition
