Fetal Nutrition and Adult Disease - 9780851998213

Fetal Nutrition and Adult DiseaseProgramming of Chronic Disease through Fetal Exposure to Undernutrition\nAuthor(s): Simon Langley-Evans\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: CABI Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: CABI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780851998213, 978-0851998213\nSynopsis\nOver the last decade epidemiological studies have suggested that the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke mortality and hypertension is, in part, related to the environment encountered during fetal life. In particular, maternal undernutrition during pregnancy has been highlighted as a causal factor in the long-term programming of disease [url] book, which brings together the perspectives of leading researchers from Europe, the USA and Australasia, provides the reader with a detailed account of the evidence for and against the nutritional programming of human disease, and considers the biological basis of programming. The book addresses a topic of great current interest and consists of three sections: programmin.