Diet Coding – Its Significance and Methods for Proper Implementation
Tomasz Jankowski
2026-03-20
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It has been known for years that the feeding of both the mother during pregnancy and the baby during the first few years of life has a significant impact on the health and proper development of the infant. However, it is important to understand that nourishment during the first 1,000 days (from conception to around the 2nd year of life) affects not only the current development but also determines how the child's body will function in the future.
Nutritional molding and critical period
Nutritional molding is a process that impacts metabolism and occurs during the prenatal stage and early childhood (the so-called critical period). It is a time when the child undergoes intense development – then organs and tissues mature, and the infant is particularly susceptible to nutrient deficiencies. Inadequate amounts or an excess of a specific component can determine the future functioning of the body. The risk of diseases that have developed during this period is difficult to reduce later, so early molding of nutrition is considered one of the most important elements of prevention for diseases of civilization. Proper molding of nutrition can contribute to a decrease in the risk of diseases of the circulatory system, obesity, cancer, or diabetes, as well as to the proper development of the nervous and skeletal systems.
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