
The First 1,000 Days
A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children - and the World
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James Edward Thomas
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Roger Thurow
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"Your child can achieve great things". A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they could be true. Among them were Esther Okwir in rural Uganda, where the infant mortality rate is among the highest in the world; Jessica Saldana, a high school student in a violence-scarred Chicago neighborhood; Shyamkali, the mother of four girls in a low-caste village in India; and Maria Estella, in Guatemala's western highlands, where most people are riddled with parasites and moms can rarely afford the fresh vegetables they farm. Greatness? It was an audacious thought, given their circumstances. But they had new cause to be hopeful: They were participating in an unprecedented international initiative designed to transform their lives, the lives of their children, and ultimately the world.
The 1,000 Days movement, a response to recent, devastating food crises and new research on the economic and social costs of childhood hunger and stunting, is focused on providing proper nutrition during the first 1,000 days of children's lives, beginning with their mother's pregnancy. Proper nutrition during these days can profoundly influence an individual's ability to grow, learn, and work - and determine a society's long-term health and prosperity.
In this inspiring, sometimes heartbreaking audiobook, Roger Thurow takes us into the lives of families on the forefront of the movement to illuminate the science, economics, and politics of malnutrition, charting the exciting progress of this global effort and the formidable challenges it still faces: Economic injustice, disease, lack of education and sanitation, misogyny, and corruption.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-18-20
Absolutely Incredible!
One of the best books I have ever read. Super thought provoking and encouraging to see what we can do to help change the future of our families, communities, nations and world.
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- Sue T
- 08-13-20
Thought Provoking
This book should be required reading for anyone in government. We can no longer ignore those who Jesus called “the least of these” if the human race is to thrive.
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- True40 Studio Auburn
- 09-27-21
A glimpse into a world unknown
Thurow’s work is compelling and urgent. The stories of these four young women capture a world not often seen by me or most of the well off I would imagine. The book is difficult at times to get through because of heavy subject matter and synchronous storytelling. The reader does a good job, but he’s not a favorite of mine.
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- Hector David
- 07-10-24
Very informative!
I liked the helpful information presented to prepare for the first 1000 days. Also liked the talking pace.
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- Honest Customer
- 06-27-24
Unable to Finish
Full of rhetoric. Book spent the first 2 chapters talking about politicians, non-profit organizations, and lacks substance on the first 1,000 days. Talks about iron deficiency on natural sweet potatoes, gives an alternative sweet potato produced by some company to convince readers it's better... by what standards and by whom? People in Africa have planted sweet potatoes since time immemorial. Why would a transplanted variety be better than the ones people in that area have grown accostumed to? It's a tragic waste of time. Felt like some sort of a propaganda move.
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- luis
- 12-22-24
Boring, dry, not engaging
Not very enticing, just stories of others. Nothing about the development of a child as the title listed
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- S. Fischer
- 12-05-24
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Wish I could return… listened quite a bit and nothing applicable if you’re not in a 3rd world country
It’s long so there may be info somewhere later but when you have a baby there’s better things to do
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