Fetal Programming and the Risk of Noncommunicable Disease

Volume: 80, Issue: 1, Pages: 13 - 20
Published: Mar 1, 2013
Abstract
The developmental origins of health and null (DOHaD) hypothesis proposes that environmental conditions during fetal and early post-natal development influence lifelong health and capacity through permanent effects on growth, structure and metabolism. This has been called 'programming'. The hypothesis is supported by epidemiological evidence in humans linking newborn size, and infant growth and nutrition, to adult health outcomes, and by...
Paper Details
Title
Fetal Programming and the Risk of Noncommunicable Disease
Published Date
Mar 1, 2013
Volume
80
Issue
1
Pages
13 - 20
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