Many lines of evidence, including epidemiologic data and extensive clinical and
experimental studies, indicate that early life events play a powerful role in influencing later …

The fetal origins of adult disease (FOAD) hypothesis suggests that risk factors from
intrauterine environmental exposures affect the fetus' development during sensitive periods …

Interest in childhood antecedents of adult disease has been fueled by recent reports
suggesting that various chronic diseases of adults have their origins in fetal and infant life (1 …

Epidemiological and experimental studies have shown that the peri-conception period,
pregnancy, and infancy are windows of particular sensibility to environmental clues which …

Epidemiological and clinical observations have led to the hypothesis that the risk of
developing some chronic diseases in adulthood is influenced not only by genetic and adult …

▪ Abstract The “fetal origins” hypothesis postulates that conditions, most likely
nutritional,“program” the fetus for the development of chronic diseases in adulthood …

At first glance, it may seem implausible that your mother's exposure to stress or toxins while
she was pregnant with you, how she fed you when you were an infant, or how fast you grew …

Psychologists, 1 sociologists, 2 3 demographers, 4 anthropologists, 5 and biologists6 have
actively promoted such an approach for many years. The interdisciplinary research area of …

Biomedical science has little considered the relevance of life history theory and evolutionary
and ecological developmental biology to clinical medicine. However, the observations that …

Yoav Ben-Shlomo a and Diana Kuh b (but it applies to many other continuous physiological
measures eg muscle strength, cognitive function), different periods across the life course …