Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-10615-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 1121, 67 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 384 g

Reihe: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelishadi, Roya

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biomathematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.