Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease

Herausgegeben:Kelishadi, Roya

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 1121
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-10615-7
• 1st ed. 2019
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9783030106157
• ISBN-10: 3030106152
• Artikelnr.: 54603870

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.