Fetal Origins of Cardiovascular And Lung Disease (Hardbound - 2001)

About the Book
This watershed reference presents epidemiological, clinical, and experimental evidence that cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and chronic lung disease originate through adaptations to the intrauterine environment. These new findings suggest that major chronic diseases in adult life may be prevented by improving the nutrition of girls and young women to promote healthy fetal development during pregnancy.
Focusing on prenatal programming-the process whereby stimuli or insults at critical early periods of life have lasting effects-Fetal Origins of Cardiovascular and Lung Disease

demonstrates the associations between low birthweight and cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes in adults

reveals the association between prenatal influences and hypertension and asthma in adult life

describes pancreatic development in the fetus when the mother is malnourished or experiences metabolic disturbances during pregnancy

examines the effects of undernutrition during gestation in experimental animal models

discusses how the human fetus adapts to variations in maternoplacental nutrient supply

details fetal influences on lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, the somatotrophic axis, andrenarche, and pubarche

and more
Investigating when nurturing begins to influence and modulate gene expression, Fetal Origins of Cardiovascular and Lung Disease is critical for pulmonologists, cardiologists, pediatricians, neonatologists, obstetricians, internists, family practice physicians, and hospital interns and residents.