Nutritional conditions in early life may causally affect health at older ages. This paper
examines the effects of early life exposure to the Dutch famine (Winter 1944–45) on the …

Aims The developmental origins hypothesis proposes that undernutrition during foetal life,
infancy, or childhood is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in …

The developmental origins hypothesis proposes that undernutrition during early
development is associated with an increased type 2 diabetes risk in adulthood. We …

Small size at birth is linked with an increased risk of chronic diseases in later life. Poor
maternal nutrition during gestation may contribute to restricted fetal growth, leading to …

Background Previous studies reported that early‐life exposure to undernutrition is
associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, but the …

Low birth weight is associated with cardiovascular disease in adulthood. Poor maternal
nutrition during gestation contributes to low birth weight. In this paper, we review the findings …

An increasing body of evidence suggests that poor nutrition at the very beginning of life–
even before birth–leads to large and long term negative consequences for both mental and …

People who were small at birth have been shown to have an increased risk of CHD and
chronic bronchitis in later life. These findings have led to the fetal origins hypothesis that …

People who were undernourished in early gestation are more obese, have a more
atherogenic lipid profile, and altered blood coagulation and seem to have an increased risk …

Prenatal famine exposure has previously been shown to be associated with cardiovascular
disease and type II diabetes in adulthood. In the current study, we could not demonstrate an …