The Window of Opportunity: Pre-Pregnancy to 24 Months of Age
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The Window of Opportunity: Pre-Pregnancy to 24 Months of Age
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Extensive scientific information acquired over the past 5 decades has
clearly demonstrated that human fetal development, pre- and postnatal
growth, and subsequent expression of physiologic (normal) or pathologic
(disease) states is largely a function of the inherited genetic constitution of
the individual. But growing evidence suggests that developmental programming of fundamental life processes by early genetic imprinting on the expression of genes occurs by exposure to a diverse spectrum of nutrients,
macromolecules, microbial agents and other cellular or soluble components
present in the external environment.
clearly demonstrated that human fetal development, pre- and postnatal
growth, and subsequent expression of physiologic (normal) or pathologic
(disease) states is largely a function of the inherited genetic constitution of
the individual. But growing evidence suggests that developmental programming of fundamental life processes by early genetic imprinting on the expression of genes occurs by exposure to a diverse spectrum of nutrients,
macromolecules, microbial agents and other cellular or soluble components
present in the external environment.