Background Weight for height has been used in the past as an indicator of obesity to report
that prenatal exposure to the Dutch famine of 1944–1945 determined subsequent obesity …

Background Nutritional insult in early life brings adaptive changes in body structure and
functioning that could remain throughout the affected individual's life course. The long term …

Fetal growth restriction, or low birth weight, is a strong determinant for eventual obesity and
type 2 diabetes. Clinical studies suggest placental mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) …

Intrauterine malnutrition has a long-term effect on human health. This study aimed to
evaluate the associations between exposure to famine in early life and obesity in adulthood …

Conflicting ideas surrounding the inheritance of acquired characteristics is not new; for
nearly two centuries, debate surrounding the validity and mechanism behind inheritance of …

Аннотация Питание в подростковом, прегравидарном и послеродовом периодах
является серьезной задачей в области общественного здравоохранения, так как от …

This paper investigates impacts, mechanisms and selection effects of prenatal exposure to
multiple shocks, by exploiting the unique natural experiment of the Dutch Hunger Winter. At …

One-carbon (1C) metabolism comprises a series of integrated metabolic pathways,
including the linked methionine-folate cycles, that provide methyl groups for the synthesis of …

Chinese Dietary Therapy is one of the pillars of Chinese medicine and has a large role to
play in health. This comprehensive book allows practitioners to add this important element to …

This thesis consists of three empirical studies that center around development,
environmental, and health economics. Chapter 2 leverages newly collected individual-level …