التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
ILLS FROM THE WOMB. |
| المؤلفون: |
Grimm, David, D. G. |
| المصدر: |
U.S. News & World Report; 9/15/2003, Vol. 135 Issue 8, p42-44, 3p, 2 Color Photographs |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PRENATAL influences, FETAL nutrition, NUTRITIONALLY induced diseases, CHILDREN'S health, ENVIRONMENTALLY induced diseases, HEREDITY, DIABETES risk factors, CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors, FETAL malnutrition, PEDIATRIC research, CHILDREN & the environment, GRAVID uterus, MALNUTRITION in pregnancy, FETAL diseases |
| مستخلص: |
Focuses on adult diseases that might have their origin in the womb during fetal development. Discussion of the fetal-origins hypothesis and the poor diet of mothers which does not provide the fetus with proper nutrition; Comment of Mark Hanson, director of the University of Southampton Centre for Fetal Origins of Adult Disease in England, about Darwinian evolution; Controversy over the research into the connection of disease with a harsh womb environment; Examples of how cardiovascular disease could get its start, how a weakness could be passed on for generations, and the pattern for obesity-related diabetes; View of Harvard nutrition professor, Matthew Gillman, about the role of pre-birth nutrition in the genetics of long-term health; Criticism of the fetal-origins theory by Rachel Huxley, senior fellow at the Institute for International Health; How the theory affects the idea of personal responsibility; Outlook for the National Children's Study, which is sponsored by the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development. INSETS: EARLY CAUSES, LATE EFFECTS;HOW BEER BELLIES BEGAN. |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
