Birth, Development, and Health
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This cluster of papers explores the developmental origins of adult health and disease, focusing on the impact of in utero and early-life conditions on long-term health outcomes. The research covers topics such as fetal programming, metabolic syndrome, epigenetic mechanisms, catch-up growth, hypertension risk associated with low birth weight, and the role of glucocorticoid programming in chronic disease development.
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fetal programming; developmental origins of health and disease; developmental programming; intrauterine environment; catch-up growth; maternal undernutrition; metabolic programming; maternal malnutrition; maternal high-fat diet; early life nutrition; fetal origins of adult disease; fetal malnutrition; prenatal programming; maternal protein restriction; Barker hypothesis; fetal nutrition; prenatal malnutrition; epigenetic programming; fetal origins of disease; maternal overnutrition; offspring obesity; nephron number; adult offspring; intrauterine programming; birth size
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Morton address: 36249009802898798 · morton4x16-v1
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