Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic in adults as well as children and adds greatly to health
care costs through its association with type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular …

Objective The aim of this article is to review why the first 1000 days of life are a vulnerable
period of human development and the long‐term effects of a nutrition experiment carried out …

Decades ago, discussion of an impending global pandemic of obesity was thought of as
heresy. But in the 1970s, diets began to shift towards increased reliance upon processed …

How do adverse childhood experiences get 'under the skin'and influence health outcomes
through the life-course? Research reviewed here suggests that adverse childhood …

Type 2 diabetes is a global public health crisis that threatens the economies of all nations,
particularly developing countries. Fueled by rapid urbanization, nutrition transition, and …

BACKGROUND The social environment shapes human health, producing strong
relationships between social factors, disease risk, and survival. The strength of these links …

Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the
biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for …

The global prevalence of obesity is increasing across most ages in both sexes. This is
contributing to the early emergence of type 2 diabetes and its related epidemic,. Having …

This paper takes a comprehensive look at the latest evidence regarding the significance of
the first 1000 days, and the biological, global, environmental and social factors that influence …