This volume provides a comprehensive overview on developmental origins of health and disease regarding various factors related to the origins of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from early life. It offers a summary of the impacts of various factors such as epigenetics; gene-environment interaction; ethnic predisposition to NCDs and their risk factors; prenatal factors; fetal programming; maternal weight status and weight gain during pregnancy; type of feeding during infancy; growth pattern during childhood; obesity; stunting; socioeconomic status; dietary and physical activity habits; as well as environmental factors including air pollution and global climate change on the development and progress of NCDs.
| ISBN: | 9783030106157 |
| Publication date: | 24th October 2019 |
| Author: | Roya Kelishadi |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 67 pages |
| Series: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology |
| Genres: |
Medical genetics Evolution Genetics (non-medical) Epidemiology and Medical statistics Physiology |