The huge health burden accompanying obesity is not only attributable to inadequate dietary
and sedentary lifestyle habits, since a predisposing genetic make-up and other putative …

ObjectiveTo construct a diet score for assessing degree of adherence to a healthy and
environmentally friendly New Nordic Diet (NND) and to investigate its association with …

The size of an infant at birth, a measure of gestational growth, has been recognized for many
years as a biomarker of future risk of morbidity. Both being born small for gestational age …

Background The association of early maternal birthing age with smaller children has been
widely observed. However, it is unclear if this is due to confounding by factors such as …

Maternal and pediatric obesity has risen dramatically over recent years, and is a known
predictor of adverse long-term metabolic outcomes in offspring. However, which particular …

Importance Maternal obesity, pregestational type 1 and 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes
have been reported to increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder and attention …

The concept of developmental origins of diseases has gained a huge interest in recent years
and is a constantly emerging scientific field. First observations hereof originated from …

Aim and objective To present the evidence in relation to early life nutrition and foetal
programming for adult disease. Background Epigenetics is a new and growing area of study …

The risk of obesity in adulthood is subject to programming beginning at conception. In
animal models, exposure to maternal obesity and high fat diets influences the risk of obesity …

Background: The prenatal environment can induce permanent changes in offspring
phenotype. Thinness at birth is associated with adult risk of cardiometabolic disease …