Pay attention to nutritional status in early life: Control later prevalence of obesity should be from its origin
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2011.09.001
- VernacularTitle:关注生命早期的营养状况：控制肥胖应从其源头开始
- Author:
Lulu CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Obesity;
Nutritional imbalance;
Early life;
Epigenetics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2011;27(9):703-706
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Obesity has become a serious public health problem and scientists have been focusing on its intervention, such as increased physical activity and dietary management, maily only after obesity occurs. However,a lot of evidence is emerging, concerning the programming effect of early life nutritional status on the later obesity. Changes of epigenetic markers are involved in this process. Hence, we may control the later prevalence of obesity from the origin of life.
