Hammaslääkäripäivät Prekurssi: Impact of nutrition on early growth & development as well on long-term health | Prof. Berthold V. Koletzko | Helsinki (60223)

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Course will provide us a broad understanding of impact of diet on early child growth and long-term health, based on very recent scientific evidences.

Prof. Berthold V. Koletzko is Else Kröner-Seniorprofessor of Paediatrics at LMU – Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich,Dept. Paediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, LMU University Hospitals, Munich, Germany.
Bert was rated “WorldExpert” in research on Breast Milk and Milk and the world’s top rated in the areas “infant nutritional physiologicalphenomena”, “child nutritional physiological phenomena” and “child nutrition science”. He is author of 1122 scientificjournal articles, 246 book chapters, and 45 books/monographies.

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The importance of individual's nutrition on long-term health is well-recognized. The relationship that diet and nutrition have with oral health is bidirectional, as compromised integrity of the oral cavity can also influence an individual’s functional ability to eat.
In this course, we learn impacts of infant feeding and early childhood nutrition impacts in longterm health.