With the advent of the sustainable development goals, the field of global child health has
shifted its focus from reducing mortality to improving health, nutrition and development …

Pregnancy offers a window of opportunity to program the future health of both mothers and
offspring. During gestation, women experience a series of physical and metabolic …

Two important maternal cardiometabolic disorders (CMDs), hypertensive disorders in
pregnancy (HDP)(including pre-eclampsia) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), result …

Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

This review summarizes the impact of stunting, highlights recent research findings,
discusses policy and programme implications and identifies research priorities. There is …

Many forms of developmental plasticity have been observed and these are usually
beneficial to the organism. The Predictive Adaptive Response (PAR) hypothesis refers to a …

ABSTRACT Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic condition
during pregnancy and may result in short-and long-term complications for both mother and …

Although individuals born at extremely low birth weight (ELBW;< 1,000 g) are the most
vulnerable of all preterm survivors, their risk for mental health problems across the life span …

This paper takes a comprehensive look at the latest evidence regarding the significance of
the first 1000 days, and the biological, global, environmental and social factors that influence …

This book explores the socio-political implications of human heredity from the second half of
the nineteenth century to the present postgenomic moment. It addresses three main phases …