Pre-emptive Medicine: Public Health Aspects of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. General Remarks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Maternal Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Health Outcomes Later in Life

      • Chiharu Tohyama

      Pages 3-19

   3. DOHaD Cohort Studies and Public Health Implications in Japan

      • Kohta Suzuki

      Pages 21-36

   4. DOHaD Interventions: Opportunities During Adolescence and the Periconceptional Period

      • Jacquie Bay, Delaney Yaqona, Masahito Oyamada

      Pages 37-51

   5. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Cohorts and Interventions: Status and Perspective

      • Fumihiro Sata

      Pages 53-70

   6. Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy: Proposal of Preemptive/Precision Medicine Strategy (Including DOHaD)

      • Masahiro Tsuji

      Pages 71-95

3. Public Health Aspect in Each Cohort or Consortium

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97

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   2. The ORIGINS Project

      • Erika Hagemann, Lyn Colvin, Lisa Y. Gibson, Sarah J. Miller, Debra J. Palmer, Ravisha Srinivas Jois et al.

      Pages 99-116

   3. Growing Up in New Zealand: A Prebirth Cohort Study of Child Wellbeing and Development

      • Susan M. B. Morton

      Pages 117-129

   4. Public Health Aspect of the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) Mother-Offspring Cohort

      • Shu-E Soh, Fabian Yap, Kok Hian Tan, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Keith M. Godfrey, Michael J. Meaney et al.

      Pages 131-143

   5. The Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health

      • Reiko Kishi, Atsuko Araki, Chihiro Miyashita, Sumitaka Kobayashi, Ryu Miura, Machiko Minatoya

      Pages 145-163

   6. Current Findings in a Birth Cohort Study with Omics Analysis: Chiba Study of Mother and Child Health (C-MACH)

      • Kenichi Sakurai, Chisato Mori

      Pages 165-174

   7. Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children (HBC Study)

      • Kenji J. Tsuchiya, Shu Takagai

      Pages 175-187

   8. Birth Cohort Consortium of Asia (BiCCA): Current Children’s Environmental Health Issues in Asia and Future Perspectives

      • Mei-Huei Chen, Sharon Ng, Meng-Shan Tsai, Ching-Chun Lin, Pau-Chung Chen

      Pages 189-197

4. Back Matter

   Pages 199-217

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This book reviews public health activities such as awareness campaigns, health education, and strategies for health policy based on recent epidemiological studies that provide insights into epigenetic processes caused by environmental factors and developmental plasticity. It provides the latest concepts and findings on the public health aspects of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) research regarding early prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Attention is especially paid to key issues, including strategies for the effective prevention of NCDs in developmental stages of life and younger generations rather than in adults and the elderly.

Public Health Aspects in Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) is structured in two parts; the first focuses on general remarks reviewing specific recommendations, practical methods and protocols, and future goals regarding public health aspects, while the second presents brief profiles of individual cohorts and consortia studies. This collection will benefit both new and established researchers, as well as students in the fields of epidemiology, clinical medicine, nutrition, education, and public health who are seeking comprehensive information on DOHaD and preemptive medicine.

• Health Education
• Cohort Study
• Non-Communicable Diseases
• NCDs
• Preemptive Medicine
• Early Prevention
• Epigenome
• Nutrition
• Epidemiology

• Chuo University Health Center, Tokyo, Japan

  Fumihiro Sata

• Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  Hideoki Fukuoka

• University of Southampton, Academic Unit of Human Development & Health, Southampton, UK

  Mark Hanson

Editors;

Fumihiro Sata
Chuo University Health Center, Tokyo, Japan 



Hideoki Fukuoka
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 



Mark Hanson

Academic Unit of Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

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