... diabetes Life course epidemiology Non-communicable disease A mother’s glycaemic status and weight during before conception and pregnancy influence the long-term health of the offspring. The offspring’s future health can be programmed through the role of epigenetic changes induced...

... weight gain in infancy (upward centile crossing) increases the long-term risk of obesity and non-communicable disease. This association has been seen in infants from low- and high-income countries, in infants born preterm or at term, and those born with normal or low birth weight for gestation...

...Parvin Mirmiran; Fatemeh Mohammadi-Nasrabadi; Nasrin Omidvar; Firoozeh Hosseini-Esfahani; Homeira Hamayeli-Mehrabani; Yadollah Mehrabi; Fereidoun Azizi Background/Aim: The high prevalence of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors among the general urban population of Tehran necessitates...