1) #1 cause of death in infants
Correct answer: Suffocation
2) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Correct answer: Unexplained death, normally during sleep, ofa seemingly healthy
baby - less than a year old
3) Most significant cause of illness in infants and children
Correct answer: Infection
4) Vertical Transmission of Infection
Correct answer: Passage of a disease-causing agent (pathogen) from mother
to baby during the period immediately before and afterbirth.
Transmission might occur across the placenta, in the breast milk, or through direct
contact during or after birth. For example, HIV can be a vertically transmitted
pathogen. Also known as perinatal transmission.
5) Risks for childhood obesity are related to what?
Correct answer: Obesity in the parents
6) Obesity rates higher in what populations?
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