Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease

67 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Themen: Medizin Vorklinische Medizin, Grundlagenwissenschaften Genetik, Medizin
• ISBN: 9783030106157
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2019
• Größe: 25.4 x 17.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Roya Kelishadi