{"id":8355,"date":"2020-09-30T11:11:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/?p=8355"},"modified":"2020-09-30T11:11:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:11:46","slug":"the-science-of-child-development-what-does-inflammation-have-to-do-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2020\/09\/30\/the-science-of-child-development-what-does-inflammation-have-to-do-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Child Development: What Does Inflammation Have to Do with It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brain.jpg 671w, https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brain-600x465.jpg 600w, https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/brain-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Our mission and priority at Children\u2019s Friend is improving the well-being and healthy development of RI kids \u2013 and doing so by preventing and treating toxic stress.&nbsp; We know that toxic stress (or Adverse Childhood Experiences) in childhood can cause negative impacts on mental and physical health later in life.&nbsp; And earlier this summer, we wrote about the need to create \u201ccommunities of opportunity\u201d ( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/creating-communities-of-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/creating-communities-of-opportunity\/)<\/a>&nbsp;to transform racial and economic disparities \u2013 including disparities in COVID-19 outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stress can cause chronic inflammation, which degrades the body.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, we are bringing you a nerdy, deep-dive view into <strong>why<\/strong> childhood toxic stress causes health impacts \u2013 including on COVID-19 \u2013 later in life.&nbsp; The secret lies in one word: <strong>inflammation<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Inflammation is a normal and important part of our immune response.&nbsp; But the Center for the Developing Child explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, if our bodies experience constant stress, this can lead to&nbsp;<em>too much<\/em>&nbsp;inflammation. If our organs are constantly in contact with inflammatory substances, those organs can be damaged over time. If those organ systems are still developing, as they are in early childhood, the state of constant activation can cause them to adapt in ways that have impacts across the lifespan. This is how chronic inflammation can put us at greater risk for things like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, and even depression and dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Center for the Developing Child\u2019s new infographic here&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/developingchild.harvard.edu\/resources\/what-is-inflammation-and-why-does-it-matter-for-child-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/developingchild.harvard.edu\/resources\/what-is-inflammation-and-why-does-it-matter-for-child-development\/<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Robert-Hagberg-2-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Hagberg, Chief of Strategy\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Robert Hagberg, Chief of Strategy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our mission and priority at Children\u2019s Friend is improving the well-being and healthy development of RI kids \u2013 and doing so by preventing and treating toxic stress.&nbsp; We know that toxic stress (or Adverse Childhood Experiences) in childhood can cause negative impacts on mental and physical health later in life.&nbsp; And earlier this summer,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Science of Child Development: What Does Inflammation Have to Do with It? 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