Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) might increase the risk of childhood diseases by
disrupting hormone-mediated processes that are critical for growth and development during …

Maternal lifestyle during pregnancy, as well as early nutrition and the environment infants
are raised in, are considered relevant factors for the prevention of childhood obesity. Several …

Fecal samples were obtained from a cohort of 330 healthy Danish infants at 9, 18, and 36
months after birth, enabling characterization of interbacterial relationships by use of …

Context Growth during infancy appears to be an important determinant of cardiovascular
disease and type 2 diabetes later in life. Objectives To specify which period in the first year …

Most childhood obesity prevention efforts have focused on school-age children and
adolescents and have had limited success. We argue that the first years of life, including the …

Sexual dimorphism exists to a small degree at birth, but striking differences develop during
the pubertal years. The development of this dimorphism in body composition is largely …

Since the concept of lasting programming effects on disease risk in human adults by the
action of hormones, metabolites, and neurotransmitters during sensitive periods of early …

Body composition analysis has become a useful tool in both clinical and research settings.
Its use in the pediatric population is complicated by the rapid periods of growth and physical …

The thrifty phenotype hypothesis is widely used to interpret associations between early
nutritional experience and degenerative disease risks. However, it remains unclear what is …

Obesity is widely assumed to be associated with economic affluence; it has therefore been
assumed to become more common with economic development. However, obesity has also …