Obesity has become a major public health issue in China. Overweight and obesity have
increased rapidly in the past four decades, and the latest national prevalence estimates for …

Introduction Child malnutrition (undernutrition) and adult non-communicable diseases
(NCDs) are major global public health problems. While convincing evidence links prenatal …

The development of childhood and adult non-communicable diseases (NCD) is associated
with environmental factors, starting from intrauterine life. A new theory finds the roots of …

Objectives. Undernutrition early in life may increase the incidence of adverse effects on adult
health. The relations between undernutrition and obesity parameters (body mass index …

The review discusses the role of metabolic disorders (in particular, insulin resistance) in the
development of age-related diseases and normal aging with special emphasis on the …

Background Little is known about the long-term outcome of children treated for severe acute
malnutrition (SAM) after nutritional rehabilitation. Objectives To explore the association …

(1) Background. Early nutrition and lifestyle before and during pregnancy, breastfeeding,
infancy, and early childhood can affect the risk of developing common non-communicable …

Background: Early-life exposure to the Chinese famine has been related to the risk of
obesity, type 2 diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease later in life. Nevertheless, the …

Background Extensive epidemiological studies have established the association between
exposure to early-life adversity and health status and diseases in adults. Epigenetic …

Background: Early-life factors (ELFs) such as childhood nutrition and childhood socio-
economic status could be the drivers of the increase in metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) among …