Fetal metabolic programming caused by the adverse intrauterine environment can induce
metabolic syndrome in adult offspring. Adverse intrauterine environment introduces fetal …

Parental health or exposures can affect the lifetime health outcomes of offspring,
independently of inherited genotypes. Such 'epigenetic'effects occur over a broad range of …

The global pandemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes is often causally linked to marked
changes in diet and lifestyle; namely marked increases in dietary intakes of high energy …

Embryonic and foetal development are critical periods of development in which several
environmental cues determine health and disease in adulthood. Maternal conditions and an …

Fetal programming of metabolic diseases is now a well established concept. The scope of
the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease has, however, widened and led to the …

Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) is the study of how the early life
environment can impact the risk of chronic diseases from childhood to adulthood and the …

Increasing epidemiological evidence suggests that maternal nutrition and environmental
exposure early in development play an important role in susceptibility to disease in later life …

The recent and rapid worldwide increase in non-communicable diseases challenges the
assumption that genetic factors are the primary contributors to such diseases. A new concept …

What are the effects of our environment on human development and the next generation?
Numerous studies have provided ample evidence that a healthy environment and lifestyle of …

The societal burden of non-communicable disease is closely linked with environmental
exposures and lifestyle behaviours, including the adherence to a poor maternal diet from the …