1001 Days - How Our First Years Shape Our Lifelong Health

1001 Days is an extraordinary tour de force, one every policymaker, doctor, parent, indeed anyone who cares about the future, should read. Gerhardt seamlessly integrates an incredible breadth of research into a riveting account of how the roots of adult health, both good and bad, lie in infancy and childhood. In contrast to the world of biohacks and quick fix quackery, Gerhardt uses the latest science to show how it''s the quality of our earliest relationships that etches our future health into our very cells, and how stress and trauma are irrefutably linked to the likelihood of later illnesses. This is a game changing book of the utmost importance, with a message that urgently needs shouting from the rooftops.

About the author

Sue Gerhardt is a British psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She has been awarded an honorary doctorate for her work in educating the public about neuroscience and child development. She is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Why Love Matters, which explains how affection shapes a child’s brain in the first few months of life. Poignantly, she has also recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, a disease thought to have some of its roots in infancy.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Gerhardt, Gerhardt Sue
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781804949627
• ISBN: 978-1-80494-962-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development, Popular medicine & health, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Popular medicine and health, Relating to the stages of life, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General