The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults is dramatically
increasing. Similar to older-onset type 2 diabetes, the major predisposing risk factors are …

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

Traditionally, genetics and lifestyle are considered as main determinants of aging-
associated pathological conditions. Accumulating evidence, however, suggests that risk of …

This study aimed:(1) to examine the sensitivity and specificity of the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign
against the 18-item Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) in identifying young …

This Policy Statement was reaffirmed March 2021. Sixteen million US children (21%) live in
households without consistent access to adequate food. After multiple risk factors are …

Context: The Chinese were afflicted by great famine between 1959 and 1962. These people
then experienced rapid economic development during which the gross domestic product per …

This issue of The Journal of Physiology is devoted to the integration of evolutionary biology
with physiological science. The immediate trigger was a very successful symposium on this …

The problem of excess weight gain and obesity is difficult for many scientists and doctors to
understand because it seems a simple consequence of eating too much or doing too little …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease, and its aetiology involves a
complex interplay between genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors. In recent years …

Consistent evidence from both experimental and human studies suggest that inadequate
nutrition in early life can contribute to risk of developing metabolic disorders including type 2 …