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“Good nutrition is essential for health. Diets that provide optimal energy and beneficial nutrients have positive health and developmental effects that accumulate over the lifespan and across generations. Conversely, excessive intake of energy, or insufficient intake of protective nutrients, especially during critical periods of development, is associated with poor health and contributes to health disparities.”
(10) (PDF) Life Course Perspective: Evidence for the Role of Nutrition. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239948061_Life_Course_Perspective_Evidence_for_the_Role_of_Nutrition [accessed May 15 2021].