Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease

Buch | Hardcover

VII, 67 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-10615-7 (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.

Preface.- Life-cycle approach for prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).- Early origins of health and disease in development of NCDs.- Epigenetic and NCDs.- The role of environmental disruptor chemicals in development of NCDs.- Early life nutrition and NCDs.- Prevention and control of childhood obesity: the backbone in prevention of NCDs.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Zusatzinfo	VII, 67 p. 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	451 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
Schlagworte	epigenetics • Fetal programming • lifestyle • non-communicable disease • prevention
ISBN-10	3-030-10615-2 / 3030106152
ISBN-13	978-3-030-10615-7 / 9783030106157
Zustand	Neuware