Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease (eBook)

Roya Kelishadi (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
VII, 67 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-10616-4 (ISBN)

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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.


Roya Kelishadi is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Child Growth and Development Research Center within the Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Reihe/Serie: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Zusatzinfo: VII, 67 p. 3 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Schlagworte: epigenetics • Fetal programming • lifestyle • non-communicable disease • prevention
• ISBN-10: 3-030-10616-0 / 3030106160
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-10616-4 / 9783030106164