Long-term impact of child malnutrition on adult health

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the impact of poor infant nutrition on the individual's health momentarily and in the long term, in order to add scientific knowledge on the topic addressed and encourage health promotion measures. Methods: This research is an integrative literature review based on scientific evidence, whose construction was based on: identification of a topic of interest, selection of the question to be addressed, search for articles in digital databases, establishment of inclusion and exclusion criteria, and subsequent reading and discussion of the results found. Results: Child nutrition, if not properly performed and monitored, has a great negative impact on the individual's health both momentarily and in the long term, being responsible for a greater number of deaths and having a positive influence on the development of comorbidities and complications. Final considerations: It is considered of paramount importance to recognize the inadequacy of infant feeding in order to institute public health strategies and policies to encourage and include healthy nutritional practices in the first years of life with the aim of forming a more healthy society.