This volume provides a comprehensive overview on developmental origins of health and disease regarding various factors related to the origins of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from early life. It offers a summary of the impacts of various factors such as epigenetics; gene-environment interaction; ethnic predisposition to NCDs and their risk factors; prenatal factors; fetal programming; maternal weight status and weight gain during pregnancy; type of feeding during infancy; growth pattern during childhood; obesity; stunting; socioeconomic status; dietary and physical activity habits; as well as environmental factors including air pollution and global climate change on the development and progress of NCDs.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface. - Life-cycle approach for prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). - Early origins of health and disease in development of NCDs. - Epigenetic and NCDs. - The role of environmental disruptor chemicals in development of NCDs. - Early life nutrition and NCDs. - Prevention and control of childhood obesity: the backbone in prevention of NCDs. - Index.
