Abstract Mother-Child and Birth cohort studies offer an excellent opportunity to evaluate the
effects of'early life'exposures providing an insight in the etiology of chronic diseases. To our …

Introduction Early life exposures, particularly environmental and parental lifestyle factors,
have a major influence on children's health and development. Due to increasing interest in …

Background: Birth cohorts are essential for developing evidence-based policies and
advancing knowledge on different aspects of the concept of developmental origins of health …

: Considering that the birth cohort study is the most appropriate model for studying and
evaluating the relationship between exposures during the initial evolution and its long-term …

Birth cohort studies are the most appropriate type of design to determine the causal
relationship between potential risk factors during the prenatal or postnatal period and the …

The theory of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) suggests that
intrauterine development is one of the most critical windows during which adverse …

We show a description of pregnancy cohorts in the European region. Our investigation
identified 66 pregnancy cohorts, mostly hosted in Western Central Europe. Among these 66 …

Background The latest scientific reports raise concerns about the rapidly increasing burden
of chronic diseases in the state of Qatar. Pregnant Qatari women often confront …

Barker's hypothesis suggests that health in adulthood can be influenced by events occurring
during the developmental period. 1 Studies from various parts of the world have shown …

The EELI Study is a longitudinal birth cohort launched in 2021 in Lebanon to examine the
long-term impact of environmental exposures on the health of prospective Lebanese …