Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease
Editors: Kelishadi, Roya (Ed.)
Free Preview- Provides preventive strategies to attenuate the development of non- communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Comprehensive modifications for healthy lifestyle and gene-environment interactions for primordial prevention of NCDs are discussed
- Provides an overview on the complex interactions of epigenetic related to the origins of NCDs
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Life-Cycle Approach for Prevention of Non Communicable Disease
Pages 1-6
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Epigenetics and Common Non Communicable Disease
Pages 7-20
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The Role of Environmental Disruptor Chemicals in the Development of Non Communicable Disease
Pages 21-31
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Early Life Nutrition and Non Communicable Disease
Pages 33-40
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Family Based Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Children by Lifestyle Change: The PEP Family Heart Study
Pages 41-55
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease
- Editors
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- Roya Kelishadi
- Series Title
- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
- Series Volume
- 1121
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-10616-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-10616-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-10615-7
- Series ISSN
- 0065-2598
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 67
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 illustrations in colour
- Topics
